uric acid/obesity

Following available clinical and laboratory parameters will be collected for 5 years Treatment modalities ( life stye modification, medication, bariatric surgery) eating habits quality of life body mass index , blood pressure body fat distribution (impedance measurement) laboratory parameters (serum

In IUAN patients, the investigator will compare 1. PPAR activation; 2. weight loss; or 3. combination; on urine acid-base parameters relevant to UA stone risk. The investigator will assess the effect of these interventions on fat distribution, insulin sensitivity, and serum adiponectin, and

the present study was focused to compare the level of statistical association among four different anthropometric parameters, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHtR) and neck circumference (NC) and the cardiovascular (CV) risk factors most commonly evaluated in

A simple standardization of the clinical examination (Foot Risk Grading), history collection and biological data will be organized by the study sponsors. List of collected data, origin and circuit of the data: Entry of patient data (clinical, biological and additional examinations) on a database

The sample size was selected based on the number of obese patients who underwent SG at our Bariatric Center of Excellence IFSO-EC over the last 12 months, and the end-time of evaluation was estimated independently due to the lack of high evidence-based studies, such as randomized trials or

The optimal daily dose of metformin is thought to be 2000 mg, however patients with metformin intolerance cannot reach this target dose. Participate in this study are metformin intolerant. Metformin intolerant patients have been defined as those not able to be treated with the metformin daily dose

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder with high prevalence, estimated to occur in 34% of men and 17% of women , afflicting more than 100 million adults worldwide. OSA is the third most common serious respiratory condition after Asthma and COPD. Patients with untreated OSA are at increased risk

Short-term interventions that use very low-calorie ketogenic diets and meal replacements may be prescribed for selected overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Few, inconsistent data are available on protein intake from various sources on body weight, the composition of gut

Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory rheumatological disease among young men, affecting about 4% of the general population. Caused by the deposit of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals which form because of high urate concentrations in serum. Currently, there is no universal definition for

Evidence shows independent associations between hyperuricaemia and the risk of hypertension, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease (CKD), type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and metabolic syndrome, including obesity Furthermore, gout, an inflammatory arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium

Subjects and methods: A. Cross-sectional study: Patients with obesity previously scheduled at the Service of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition (UDEN) of the Hospital "Dr. Josep Trueta" of Girona (Spain) will be recruited and studied. Subjects without obesity will also be recruited through a

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by fat accumulation in liver cells not caused by alcohol. A leading cause of chronic liver disease in the US, NAFLD represents a group of disorders including steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis with fibrosis. It

Twenty-five subjects with obesity will be were recruited. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are provided below. The subjects will receive, after overnight fasting, either a monodose of freeze-dried grapes (equivalent to 300 g of fresh grapes) or isocaloric placebo solved in water, together

A double-blind, randomized clinical trial of three pharmacological groups in 33 patients with a diagnosis of grade 1 obesity in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) without treatment. They will be assigned randomly three groups of 11 patients, each one will receive 10 mg of