Eva N. Kassi, Spiros Stavropoulos, Panayiotis Kokkoris, Antonis Galanos, Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Cleanthi Dimas, Athanasios Papatheodorou, Christos Zafeiris, George Lyritis
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the prevalence of 25(OH)D (D2 and D3 independently) inadequacy in healthy young/middle-aged men and to investigate its relationship with BMD, bone markers, demographic and lifestyle parameters such as age, BMI, smoking, alcohol consumption and dietary calcium intake …
Maria G. Grammatikopoulou, Eleni P. Kotanidou, Anastasia G. Markaki, Charilaos Stylianou, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou, Maria Tsigga, Maria Hassapidou
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to evaluate by pooled and sensitivity analyses all available data on adolescent overweight/obesity in Cyprus. DESIGN: A thorough literature search determined the studies to be examined using Cypriot adolescent samples …
Natalia Lazopoulou, Eleana Gkioka, Ioanna Ntalla, Panagiota Pervanidou, Alexandra-Maria Magiakou, Eleftheria Roma-Giannikou, George P. Chrousos, Ioannis Papassotiriou, George Dedoussis, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein
OBJECTIVE: Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) risk alleles of obesogenic genes, such as the fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) and the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) gene, have been described in both paediatrics and adult populations …
Sadashiv, Sunita Tiwari, Bhola Nath Paul, Sandeep Kumar, Abhijit Chandra, S. Dhananjai, Mahendra Pal Singh Negi
OBJECTIVE: The present study evaluates adiponectin mRNA in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and also evaluates its association with metabolic risk factors in postmenopausal obese women. DESIGN: A case control study was carried out on postmenopausal women …
Maria Hassapidou, Efstratia Daskalou, Fotini Tsofliou, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Anastasia Paschaleri, Ioannis Pagkalos, Themistoklis Tzotzas
OBJECTIVE: Data on obesity in preschoolers are scarce in Greece, a country particularly affected by the obesity epidemic. The present study aimed to assess overweight and obesity prevalence of preschoolers in Thessaloniki, Greece, by using three different standards for defining childhood overweight and obesity …
Stelios Fountoulakis, Labrini Papanastasiou, Alexandros Gryparis, Athina Markou, George Piaditis
OBJECTIVE: To monitor and control the blood glucose levels in inefficiently insulin-treated patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) using a telemonitoring system and determine whether the improvement of HbA1c has a lasting effect following its discontinuation …