Georgios A. Christou, Constantinos C. Tellis, Moses S. Elisaf, Alexandros D. Tselepis, Dimitrios N. Kiortsis
OBJECTIVE: The investigation of the association between retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4)and lipoproteins in subjects with hypertriglyceridemia. DESIGN: Forty-six obese or overweight hypertriglyceridemic patients were studied at baseline and 20 of them underwent a hypocaloric low-fat diet for 3 months …
Christos G. Verras, Georgios A. Christou, Yannis V. Simos, George D. Ayiomamitis, Andreas J. Melidonis, Dimitrios N. Kiortsis
OBJECTIVE: The elucidation of the changes of fetuin-A in the context of bariatric surgery. DESIGN: Twenty obese patients (8 males, 12 females; body mass index = 42.5±3.4 kg/m2) were studied at baseline and 6 months after bariatric surgery. RESULTS: Serum fetuin-A levels did not differ with regard to the presence …