A5013859474- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Bone and Dental Protein Studies
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Historical and modern epidemiology studies
- Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Associazione Calabrese di Epatologia
2009-2024
Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria
2020
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
2010
Hospital de Santa Maria
2009
Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés
2009
Medical University of Silesia
2009
Essen University Hospital
2009
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
2009
Serum biochemical liver tests (LTs) (ALT, AST, GGT) and platelet counts are often used to screen for chronic disease. Population-based data on abnormal LTs in Mediterranean areas lacking. The prevalence etiology of were assessed from 2002 2003 a 1 5 systematic random sample the general population who 12 years age or older Cittanova, southern Italian town with 10,600 inhabitants. LTs, indices metabolism, markers HBV HCV infection assayed alcohol intake was recorded selected population. In...
It has been argued that metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) does not increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study examines the association of MHO with carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), a proxy CVD risk, in children and adolescents.Data were available for 3,497 adolescents aged 6-17 years from five population-based cross-sectional studies Brazil, China, Greece, Italy, Spain. Weight status categories (normal, overweight, obese) defined using BMI cutoffs International Obesity...
Abstract Background Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as a simple and effective screening tool for assessing central obesity cardiometabolic risk in both adult pediatric populations. However, evidence suggests that the use of uniform WHtR cut-off 0.50 may not be universally optimal populations globally. We aimed to determine cut-offs children adolescents with increased across different countries worldwide. Methods used ten population-based cross-sectional data on 24,605 aged...
The objective of this study was to determine, in an adolescent population, the prevalence nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and association NAFLD cardiovascular risk factors with carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), a marker subclinical atherosclerosis. authors conducted population-based among 642 randomly selected adolescents aged 11-13 years Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, between November 2007 October 2008. Prevalences overweight obesity were 30.5% 13.5%, respectively....
Obesity and exposure to cardiovascular risk factors during adolescence may be associated with the development of atherosclerosis diseases later in life. The objective study was investigate whether any excess body weight, including moderate overweight, is a more severe profile signs early pediatric population.A cross-sectional conducted among 646 adolescents ages 11 13 years from several primary schools Reggio Calabria, Italy. Body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose,...
The clinical utility of screening for pediatric metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children and adolescents is still controversial. We examined the performance MetS vs. clustering cardiovascular risk factors (which are components MetS) predicting high carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) adolescents.Participants included 2427 aged 6-17 years from population-based studies three countries (Brazil, China Italy). Pediatric was defined using either modified National Cholesterol Education Program Adult...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is becoming prevalent in the pediatric population. The existing MetS definitions (e.g., International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definition and modified National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) definition) involve complex cut-offs, precluding fast risk assessment clinical practice.We proposed a simplified for assessing youths aged 6-17 years, compared its performance with two widely used (the IDF definition, NCEP 10 populations from 9 countries globally (n =...
The prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases was investigated in an adult population the city Cittanova, Southern Italy.The study conducted among 992 randomly selected adults aged 18-75 years, between April 2009 January 2011.Prevalence rates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), overweight, obesity, syndrome (MS) were 24.8%, 41.5%, 27.1%, 34.4%, respectively. For components MS, central obesity 47.4%, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) 34.7%; hypertension 53.7%,...
Background: Pediatric blood pressure (BP) levels are typically assigned to categories when they exceed sex-, age-, and height-specific 90th (elevated) 95th percentile (high) cutoffs. Given the number of stratum, there hundreds cutoffs for defining elevated high BP that make it cumbersome use in clinical practice. In 2017 American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) recommended simplified ≥120/80 mmHg ≥130/80 be used diagnose BP, respectively, practice adolescents aged 13-17 years. Accordingly, we...