Background Women with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to suffer from obesity,
insulin resistance, and chronic low-grade inflammation. In fact, the excessive activation of …

BACKGROUND: Although diabetes mellitus is well known to result in systolic and diastolic
left ventricular (LV) dysfunction at the subclinical level, even when it is not accompanied by …

OBJECTIVES: Adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) is the most common cause of upper airway
obstruction in children. Severe upper airway obstruction may have an effect on chronic …

Sonuç: Bulgularımız, aorttaki NDH’nin obez çocuklarda arttığını ve obezitenin erken yaşlarda
bile subklinik ateroskleroza neden olabileceğini göstermektedir. Objectives: Obesity may …

Background Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent predictor of poor
prognosis in patients with hypertension. In hypertensive hypertrophy, the pathophysiological …

Background: Cardiac autonomic dysfunction may develop in patients with clinical or subclinical
thyroid hormone deficiency. Heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) …

Red cell distribution width (RDW) was found to be a prognostic marker in heart failure
patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between RDW and …

Introduction High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) promotes cholesterol efflux from
macrophage foam cells in atheroma plaques. In addition, HDL-C has anti-inflammatory and …

Background The red cell distribution width (RDW) is a numerical measurement of variability
in the size of red blood cells. Many studies have shown that high-density lipoprotein …

Background The prognostic significance of changes in mean platelet volume (MPV) during
hospitalization in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients underwent …