MSI Newsletter- March 2009

Welcome to the new MSI Newsletter & Literature Watch. The all-in-one publication features the latest news, events and research related to the metabolic syndrome.


EPIDEMIOLOGY
Prospective association between metabolic syndrome by NCEP ATP III and IDF definitions and incident diabetes (Posted: 02/27 \| View Article) Elevated body mass index associated with increased heart failure risk, and vigorous physical activity associated with decreased heart failure risk in males (Posted: 02/26 \| View Article) Declining cardiorespiratory fitness between childhood and adulthood linked to obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood (Posted: 02/25 \| View Article) Birth weight shown to be inversely related to type 2 diabetes risk (Posted: 02/23 \| View Article) Most excess weight before puberty predicted by weight gained before 5 years of age (Posted: 02/16 \| View Article) Adherence to dietary guidelines and physical activity associated with lower subcutaneous and visceral adiposity (Posted: 02/12 \| View Article) Walking pace shown to be associated with less subclinical atherosclerosis (Posted: 02/11 \| View Article) Significant association between Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and metabolic syndrome in the Japanese population (Posted: 02/06 \| View Article) The metabolic benefits of having high-longevity parents are offset by smoking (Posted: 02/04 \| View Article)

SCREENING / DIAGNOSIS
Waist circumference as a predictor of cardiovascular risk in young Australian children (Posted: 02/05 \| View Article)

PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
Metabolic syndrome associated with increased risk of recurrence after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (Posted: 02/20 \| View Article) More pronounced effect of metabolic syndrome on resistance to intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in women than in men (Posted: 02/19 \| View Article) Both diabetes and metabolic syndrome appear to be independently associated with higher osteoporosis prevalence (Posted: 02/18 \| View Article) Hepatocellular carcinoma associated with metabolic syndrome is often free of significant fibrosis (Posted: 02/17 \| View Article) Independent association between elevated concentrations of adiponectin and inducible ischaemia in stable coronary heart disease (Posted: 02/13 \| View Article)

METABOLIC SYNDROME COMPONENTS / RISK FACTORS / ASSOCIATED RISKS
LOW HDL-CHOLESTEROL LEVELS Low HDL cholesterol level as an independent determinant of variant angina pectoris (Posted: 02/24 \| View Article) Inverse graded relation between 14-year increase in HDL cholesterol and subsequent coronary heart disease in otherwise healthy males (Posted: 02/02 \| View Article)

PROGNOSIS / OUTCOMES
DIABETES Identification of type 2 diabetic patients at increased risk of chronic kidney disease by ATP III but not IDF criteria (Posted: 02/03 \| View Article)

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Effects of a low-glycaemic index versus a high-cereal fibre diet on glycaemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes (Posted: 02/10 \| View Article) The use of dietary carbohydrate restriction as an effective approach to improve features of the metabolic syndrome (Posted: 02/09 \| View Article) Intensive glucose control shown to have no effect on the rates of major vascular complications in type 2 diabetes (Posted: 02/04 \| View Article)