Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants

Published: International Journal of Epidemiology
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Authors: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
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Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing the combined effects of public health interventions and secular trends) and changes in its high-blood-pressure tail (representing successful clinical interventions to control blood pressure in the hypertensive population).

Prevalence of diabetes in three regions of Venezuela. The VEMSOLS study results

Published: Primary Care Diabetes
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 1 , Jeffrey I Mechanick 2 , Imperia Brajkovich 3 , Eunice Ugel 4 , Alejandro Risques 5 , Hermes Florez 6 , Juan Pablo González-Rivas 7
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The prevalence of diabetes in multiple regions of Venezuela is unknown. To determine the prevalence of diabetes in five populations from three regions of Venezuela.

APPLICATION OF THE AACE/ACE ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBESITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE STAGING IN A GENERAL POPULATION FROM 3 REGIONS OF VENEZUELA: THE VEMSOLS STUDY RESULTS

Published: Endocrine Practice
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, Juan P González-Rivas, Eunice Ugel, Imperia Brajkovich, Alejandro Risquez, W Timothy Garvey, Jeffrey I Mechanick
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To determine the prevalence of obesity according to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) framework based on a complications-centric model with further application of the Cardiometabolic Disease Staging (CMDS) system in a Venezuelan population.

The Canagliflozin and Renal Endpoints in Diabetes with Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation (CREDENCE) Study Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics

Published: American Journal of Nephrology
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Authors: Meg J Jardine 1 2 , Kenneth W Mahaffey 3 , Bruce Neal 1 4 5 6 , Rajiv Agarwal 7 , George L Bakris 8 , Barry M Brenner 9 , Scott Bull 10 , Christopher P Cannon 11 , David M Charytan 12 , Dick de Zeeuw 13 , Robert Edwards 10 , Tom Greene 14 , Hiddo J L Heerspink 13 , Adeera Levin 15 , Carol Pollock 16 , David C Wheeler 17 , John Xie 10 , Hong Zhang 18 , Bernard Zinman 19 , Mehul Desai 10 , Vlado Perkovic 1 , CREDENCE study investigators
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People with diabetes and kidney disease have a high risk of cardiovascular events and progression of kidney disease. Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors lower plasma glucose by reducing the uptake of filtered glucose in the kidney tubule, leading to increased urinary glucose excretion.

Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Published: The Lancet
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Authors: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)
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Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults.

Identification and management of prediabetes: results of the Latin America Strategic Prediabetes Meeting

Published: Pan American Journal of Public Health
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Authors: Patricio López-Jaramillo 1 , Ramfis E Nieto-Martínez 2 , Gestne Aure-Fariñez 3 , Carlos O Mendivil 4 , Rodolfo A Lahsen 5 , Ruy L Silva-Filho 6 , Luiz A Andreotti 7 , Mónica E Manrique 8 , Miguel A Pasquel-Andrade 9 , Ignacio Rangel 10 , Maricela Vidrio 11 , Rutila Castañeda 12 , Manuela Restrepo 13 , Miguel E Pinto 14
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To understand the status of prediabetes diagnosis and treatment in Latin America and to evaluate the use of metformin for diabetes prevention in this context.

Are Eating Disorders Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Published: Current Diabetes Reports
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 1 2 3 , Juan P González-Rivas 4 , José R Medina-Inojosa 5 , Hermes Florez 6 7
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Eating disorders (ED) affect energy intake modifying body fat depots. Prior evidence suggests that binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) could increase the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D), while anorexia nervosa (AN) could reduce it.

Transculturalizing Diabetes Prevention in Latin America

Published: Annals of Global Health
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 1 , Juan P González-Rivas 2 , Pablo Aschner 3 , Noël C Barengo 4 , Jeffrey I Mechanick 5
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) imposes a heavy burden in developing countries, requiring effective primary prevention policies. Randomized clinical trials have identified successful strategies in T2D prevention. However, translating these results to real-life scenarios and adapting to ethnocultural differences is a major challenge.

Cardio-Metabolic Health Venezuelan Study (EVESCAM): Design and Implementation

Published: Invest Clin
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, María Inés Marulanda, Juan P González-Rivas, Eunice Ugel, Maritza Durán, Noel Barengo, Pablo Aschner, Mario Patiño, Luis López Gómez, Pedro Monsalve, Héctor Marcano, Hermes Florez
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LINK TO RESEARCH https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29939500/ ABSTRACT The EVESCAM (EstudioVenezolano de Salud Cardio-Metabólica) is the first national, population survey in Venezuela, designed to examine the prevalence of diabetes and cardio-metabolic risk factors...