The shift of obesity burden by socioeconomic status between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean: a cross-sectional series study

Published: The Lancet Global Health
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Authors: Safia S Jiwani 1 , Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco 2 , Akram Hernández-Vásquez 3 , Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez 4 , Ana Basto-Abreu 4 , Laura Gutierrez 5 , Vilma Irazola 5 , Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 6 , Bruno P Nunes 7 , Diana C Parra 8 , J Jaime Miranda 9
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Background: The burden of obesity differs by socioeconomic status. We aimed to characterize the prevalence of obesity among adult men and women in Latin America and the Caribbean by socioeconomic measures and the shifting obesity burden over time.

APPLICATION OF THE AACE/ACE ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBESITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE STAGING IN A GENERAL POPULATION FROM 3 REGIONS OF VENEZUELA: THE VEMSOLS STUDY RESULTS

Published: Endocrine Practice
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, Juan P González-Rivas, Eunice Ugel, Imperia Brajkovich, Alejandro Risquez, W Timothy Garvey, Jeffrey I Mechanick
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To determine the prevalence of obesity according to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) framework based on a complications-centric model with further application of the Cardiometabolic Disease Staging (CMDS) system in a Venezuelan population.

Factors Affecting Hemoglobin A1C in the Diagnosis of Diabetes and Prediabetes in Youth

Published: Journal of Pediatric Nursing
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Authors: Jennifer McGuire Hitt 1 , Pedro Velasquez-Mieyer 2 , Claudia Neira 2 , Patricia Cowan 3
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We sought to examine the correlation between variables and A1C levels to determine if prediction modeling could be used in the screening and diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes in youth. We also sought to test relationships between A1C levels to insulin sensitivity indices and β-cell function indices. Design and methods: We performed a retrospective review of 904 medical records from youth deemed at-risk for the disease.

Diabetes Care in Venezuela

Published: Annals of Global Health
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 1 , Juan P González-Rivas 2 , Marcos Lima-Martínez 3 , Victoria Stepenka 4 , Alejandro Rísquez 5 , Jeffrey I Mechanick 6
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The incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its economic burden have increased in Venezuela, posing difficult challenges in a country already in great turmoil.

Metabolic syndrome: from global epidemiology to individualized medicine

Published: Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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Authors: J A Batsis 1 , R E Nieto-Martinez, F Lopez-Jimenez
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The metabolic syndrome (MetS) encompasses a constellation of metabolic abnormalities that are thought to place patients at higher risk for the development of diabetes and cardiovascular (CV) disease.

Obesity and cardiometabolic syndrome in children

Published: Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease
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Authors: Pedro Velasquez-Mieyer 1 , Claudia P Neira, Ramfis Nieto, Patricia A Cowan
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The cardiometabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among overweight youth. The risk of developing the cardiometabolic syndrome is likely triggered or exacerbated by concurrent obesity, unhealthy lifestyle/eating habits, and hormonal changes (puberty).

Single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of pioglitazone in adolescents with type 2 diabetes

Published: The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
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Authors: Michael L Christensen 1 , Bernd Meibohm, Edmund V Capparelli, Pedro Velasquez-Mieyer, George A Burghen, William V Tamborlane
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This study assessed the single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of 3 doses (15 mg, 30 mg, and 45 mg) of pioglitazone in 36 adolescents with type 2 diabetes.