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Feb 22 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
This one aimed to assess whether inflammation mediates the Black-White incident diabetes disparity.
- In this prospective cohort study of Black and White adults, Black adults had higher CRP and higher rates of incident diabetes than White adults.
- Inflammation as measured by CRP was found to be a risk factor for diabetes regardless of race.
- CRP mediated some of the excess diabetes risk among Black women but not Black men.
- The excess burden of diabetes in Black adults was found to also exist among those with low inflammation.
- These findings suggest that inflammation is unlikely to be the main driver of this racial disparity.
C-reactive protein and racial differences in type 2 diabetes incidence: The REGARDS study

doi.org/10.1210/clinem…

#MetabolicSyndrome #Obesity #Cholesterol #Triglycerides #Hypertension #Diabetes #Inflammation

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This systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs comes to the conclusion that ~700 METs-min/week is the minimal dose to elicit clinically important changes in cognition in older adults.
- The estimated minimal exercise dose found that can elicit clinically relevant changes in cognition was 724 METs-min per week, with doses beyond the upper bound of WHO recommended level of physical activity providing less clear benefits.
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This one suggests that conventional daily caffeine intake does not provide sufficient time for the elimination of caffeine and paraxanthine. Image
- Worse still, even though the salivary caffeine nearly reaches a clear state, the caffeine-associated brain responses seem to require a longer time to be fully restored.
"The concurrence of a reduced hippocampal GM intensity and an incomplete caffeine elimination, together with a GM recovery after being deprived of caffeine, underscore the importance of a sufficient cessation period...
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This Mendelian randomization analysis suggests that VAT mass is associated with a wide range of CVD outcomes including coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, vascular diseases, and stroke, with some circulating proteins being potential mediators of this association. Image
- Among these proteins, genetically estimated VAT mass had the highest OR value for the expression of leptin.
- Excessive VAT increased the level of leptin and further increased the incidence of all-cause heart failure, atrial fibrillation and flutter, DVT of lower extremities, pulmonary embolism, and DVT of lower extremities and pulmonary embolism.
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This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the efficacy of increasing dietary protein ingestion to improve lean body mass gain, skeletal muscle strength, and physical function in healthy subjects.
- Additional protein ingestion together with resistance training leads to small additional lean body mass and lower body strength.
- This effect seems to be more prominent in younger subjects ingesting ≥1.6 g/kg/day.
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This study explored the effect of three different modes of resistance training on appetite hormones, cardiometabolic and anthropometric measures in males with obesity.
- 44 males with obesity were randomized to traditional resistance training (TRT, n = 11), circuit resistance training (CRT, n = 11), interval resistance training (IRT, n = 11) or control (C, n = 11) groups.
- All resistance training groups received 50 min of supervised training per session, three days per week, for 12 weeks.
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This one suggests that individuals with high serum microRNA-122 levels may be less responsive during diet/physical activity-induced weight loss, as far as hepatic fat content loss is concerned.
- In the current study of participants with abdominal obesity or dyslipidemia from an 18-month randomized, controlled diet and physical activity intervention trial, it was observed that serum miR-122 levels were positively associated with hepatic fat percentage at baseline.
- A greater elevation in miR-122 from baseline to 18 months was associated with a smaller reduction in hepatic fat content during the 18-month intervention process.
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