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BACKGROUND:Obesity predisposes an individual to numerous risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Inflammation, reported as a link between obesity and cardiovascular disease, contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to assess the relationship between lipid parameters, low grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome in a sample of obese Moroccan adults with or without metabolic syndrome (MetS). PATIENTS & METHODS:Our study included 235 obese patients, mean aged 53.30 ± 9.73 years, with or without MetS. Our data included anthropometric measurements, lipoprotein and apolipoproteins profiles and several lipid ratios. RESULTS:In patients with MetS, lipoprotein profile alterations and low-grade inflammation were observed. Lipid ratios were better predictors of cardiovascular risk than lipids alone because of their relative associations with lipoproteins and apolipoproteins. CONCLUSION:Our study shows that Moroccan obese adults with MetS have altered lipoproteins profiles and suffer from low-grade inflammation. Indeed, we have detected a high level of small dense LDL particles and HDL particles defectiveness. Hence, we propose that risk management of cardiovascular events should be based on lipoprotein ratios rather than lipids alone. Treatments should also take into account inflammatory markers and LDL heterogeneity.
journal_name
Ethn Disjournal_title
Ethnicity & diseaseauthors
Essiarab F,Taki H,Lebrazi H,Derouiche A,Kettani A,Sabri M,Saile Rsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-10-01 00:00:00pages
462-8issue
4eissn
1049-510Xissn
1945-0826journal_volume
24pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The population of South Africa is nearly 40 million and is growing at the rate of 2.5% per year. The population is 76.2% black, 13.3% white, 8.6% "mixed," and 2.6% Asian. The life expectancy (between 1985 and 1990) for whites was 69 years for males and 77 years for females; and for blacks, life expectancy was 61 years...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We previously developed an 8-item self-assessment tool to identify individuals with a high probability of having albuminuria. This tool was developed and externally validated among non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. We sought to validate it in a multi-ethnic cohort that also included Hispanics and C...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.25.4.427
更新日期:2015-11-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The inclusion of women and minorities in health research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has received increasing attention since the adoption of related guidelines by NIH in 1990. Investigators in population-based and clinical research may need to identify and recruit research participant...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of baseline cognitive function on incidence of disability in activities of daily living (ADL) in initially non-disabled Mexican-American elderly over a 7-year period. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Southwestern United States: Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and C...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.29.S3.651
更新日期:2019-12-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.29.S2.385
更新日期:2019-06-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.27.1.39
更新日期:2017-01-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.28.2.69
更新日期:2018-04-26 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Both genetic and environmental factors have been hypothesized to explain the higher prevalence of hypertension in US African Americans compared to populations still residing in western Africa. Studies of first-generation immigrants can help to identify risk factors for increased chronic disease expression in the devel...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.30.3.381
更新日期:2020-07-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.18865/ed.29.1.9
更新日期:2019-01-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:1) To describe stressful life events as experienced by a sample of young Black men with high blood pressure (HBP) living in inner-city Baltimore, Maryland; and 2) to examine the effect of cumulative stressful life events on substance use, depression, and quality of life. METHODS:Data were obtained over 48 m...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.18865/ed.30.S1.185
更新日期:2020-04-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 社论
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更新日期:2018-08-09 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::For some time, biologists and anthropologists have overwhelmingly rejected the partitioning of modern humans into biological "races." An examination of recent human evolutionary history suggests that the zoological definition of race, based on significant genetic differences, cannot be legitimately applied to contempo...
journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Ethnicity & disease
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00