The age‐related decline in skeletal muscle mass and strength, termed sarcopenia, is associated with a host of metabolic disease states including, but not limited to, cancer, stroke, microvascular disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Moreover, declines in skeletal muscle mass also
Obesity, in particular central obesity, has been one of the important documented risk factors for development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Recent re-delineated various versions of definitions of metabolic syndrome, has fueled further the critical involvement of central adiposity in these
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Primary Outcomes: Major cardiovascular events
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TITLE: CSP 465-C, Fatty Acid Binding protein 2 (FABP2) ancillary proposal to CSP# 465 Glycemic Control and Complications in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.
Angeliki Georgopoulos, M.D. Carlos Abraira