A high-protein and low-glycemic formula diet improves blood pressure and other hemodynamic parameters in high-risk individuals by Röhling, Martin, Kempf, Kerstin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Führer-Sakel, Dagmar, Halle, Martin, McCarthy, H. David, Martin, Stephan, Scholze, Jürgen, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys, Predel, Hans-Georg

“…This post-hoc analysis of the Almased Concept against Overweight and Obesity and Related Health Risk- (ACOORH) trial investigated the impact of a lifestyle intervention combined with a formula diet (INT, n = 308) compared to a control group with lifestyle intervention alone (CON, n = 155) on hemodynamic parameters (systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP), resting heart rate (HR), and pulse wave velocity (PWV)) in high-risk individuals with prehypertension or hypertension. …”
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The iHealth-T2D study, prevention of type 2 diabetes amongst South Asians with central obesity and prediabetes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Khawaja, Khadija I., Ahmad, Sajjad, Siddiqui, Samreen, Shahzad, Khurram, Athauda, Lathika K., Jayawardena, Ranil, Mahmood, Sara, Muilwijk, Mirthe, Batool, Tayyaba, Burney, Saira, Glover, Matthew, Palaniswamy, Saranya, Bamunuarachchi, Vodathi, Panda, Manju, Madawanarachchi, Suren, Rai, Baldeesh, Sattar, Iqra, Silva, Wnurinham, Waghdhare, Swati, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Rannan-Eliya, Ravindra P., Gage, Heather M., van Valkengoed, Irene G. M., Valabhji, Jonathan, Frost, Gary S., Loh, Marie, Wickremasinghe, Ananda R., Kooner, Jaspal S., Katulanda, Prasad, Jha, Sujeet, Chambers, John C.

“…Secondary endpoints at 1 and 3 years are the following: (i) physical measures: waist circumference, weight and blood pressure; (ii) lifestyle measures: smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity and dietary intake; (iii) biochemical measures: fasting glucose, insulin and lipids (total and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides); and (iv) treatment compliance. …”
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Effectiveness of health education intervention based on health belief model among elderly women in Urmia, Iran by Iranagh, Jamileh Amirzadeh

“…The post-intervention measurements showed significant reduction (p < 0.001) in FBS, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure in physical activity group as compared to other groups. …”
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Medicinal benefits, biological, and nanoencapsulation functions of riboflavin with its toxicity profile: a narrative review by Lee, Tze Yan, Farah, Nuratiqah, Chin, Voon Kin, Lim, Chee Woei, Chong, Pei Pei, Basir, Rusliza, Lim, Wai Feng, Loo, Yan Shan

“…The use of riboflavin in pharmaceutical and clinical contexts has been previously explored, including for preventing and treating oxidative stress and reperfusion oxidative damage, creating synergistic compounds to mitigate colorectal cancer, modulating blood pressure, improving diabetes mellitus comorbidities, as well as neuroprotective agents and potent photosensitizer in killing bloodborne pathogens. …”
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Aqueous-only exfoliation of pristine graphite to graphene : towards sustainable, multifunctional polymer nanocomposites by Seyed Ismail Seyed Shahabadi

“…In addition to being the polymer matrix and stabilizer, WPU endowed the sensors with shape conformality too, which significantly increased the real-life sensitivity of the sensors in monitoring biomechanical deformations and reproducing blood-pressure waveforms. This innate shape-conformality obviated the need for an additional skin-conformal layer. …”
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Relationship between selected biopsychosocial factors on cognitive functions among Malaysian community-dwelling older adults by Foong, Hui Foh

“…Predictors of poorer cognitive function were being women, being older, being divorced or separated, lower year of education, lower household income, higher fasting blood sugar, higher cholesterol ratio, higher depressive symptoms, and lower intrinsic religiosity. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Feigin, VL, Abate, MD, Abate, YH, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Lacey, B, Newton, CRJ

“…There were substantial increases in DALYs attributable to high BMI (88·2% [53·4–117·7]), high ambient temperature (72·4% [51·1 to 179·5]), high fasting plasma glucose (32·1% [26·7–38·1]), diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages (23·4% [12·7–35·7]), low physical activity (11·3% [1·8–34·9]), high systolic blood pressure (6·7% [2·5–11·6]), lead exposure (6·5% [4·5–11·2]), and diet low in omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (5·3% [0·5–10·5]). …”

Clinical- and omics-based models of subclinical atherosclerosis in healthy Chinese adults: a cross-sectional exploratory study by Valsesia, Armand, Egli, Leonie, Bosco, Nabil, Magkos, Faidon, Kong, Siew Ching, Sun, Lijuan, Goh, Hui Jen, Huang, Weiting, Arigoni, Fabrizio, Leow, Melvin Khee-Shing, Yeo, Khung Keong, Actis-Goretta, Lucas

“…Background: Classical risk factors, such as fasting cholesterol, blood pressure (BP), and diabetes status are used today to predict the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). …”
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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…<p><b>Findings</b></p> Among the specific risk factors analysed for this study, particulate matter air pollution was the leading contributor to the global disease burden in 2021, contributing 8·0% (95% UI 6·7–9·4) of total DALYs, followed by high systolic blood pressure (SBP; 7·8% [6·4–9·2]), smoking (5·7% [4·7–6·8]), low birthweight and short gestation (5·6% [4·8–6·3]), and high fasting plasma glucose (FPG; 5·4% [4·8–6·0]). …”