Physiology

Use of the waist-to-height ratio to predict cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes: Results from the ADVANCE-ON study

Radholm, K; Chalmers, J; Ohkuma, T; Peters, S; Poulter, N; Hamet, P; Harrap, S; Woodward, M (WILEY, 2018-08-01)

AIMS: Patients with type 2 diabetes have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Central obesity has been particularly associated with this risk relationship. We aimed to evaluate waist to height ratio (WHtR) as a ...
Sex-specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and myocardial infarction in patients with type 2 diabetes: TheADVANCE-ONstudy

Ohkuma, T; Peters, SAE; Jun, M; Harrap, S; Cooper, M; Hamet, P; Poulter, N; Chalmers, J; Woodward, M (WILEY, 2020-07-01)

AIM: To examine possible sex differences in the excess risk of myocardial infarction (MI) consequent to a range of conventional risk factors in a large-scale international cohort of patients with diabetes, and to quantify ...
Role of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in fetal programming.

Shrestha, N; Sleep, SL; Cuffe, JSM; Holland, OJ; Perkins, AV; Yau, SY; McAinch, AJ; Hryciw, DH (Wiley, 2020-05)

Maternal nutrition plays a critical role in fetal development and can influence adult onset of disease. Linoleic acid (LA) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) are major omega-6 (n-6) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), ...