J Am Diet Assoc
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The purpose of this study was to determine if nonsupplementing older women (aged >or=55 years) with rheumatoid arthritis had higher plasma homocysteine and lower B-vitamin status compared to healthy controls. Elevated plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, may help explain why individuals with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. ⋯ Poor vitamin B-6 status and elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations were seen in older women with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls and may contribute to their increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Characteristics of the diet patterns tested in the optimal macronutrient intake trial to prevent heart disease (OmniHeart): options for a heart-healthy diet.
To describe the nutrient and food composition of the diets tested in the Optimal Macronutrient Intake Trial to Prevent Heart Disease (OmniHeart). ⋯ The OmniHeart diet patterns offer substantial flexibility in macronutrient intake that should make it easier to eat a heart-healthy diet and reduce cardiovascular disease risk.
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Multicenter Study
Metabolically obese normal weight and phenotypically obese metabolically normal youths: the CASPIAN Study.
The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and distribution of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in children with generalized, central, or combined types of obesity and to possibly discover if a phenotypically obese metabolically normal and a metabolically obese normal weight phenotype could be identified in children and adolescents. ⋯ This study complements recent research about the adverse health hazards of abdominal obesity in children. The finding of metabolically obese normal weight children suggests that additional investigation for cardiovascular risk factors may be warranted in normal-weight children with an ethnic predisposition to chronic diseases.