[HTML][HTML] Anthropometric indicators as a tool for diagnosis of obesity and other health risk factors: a literature review

…, S Martinez-Hervas, J Redón, JT Real - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Obesity is characterized by the accumulation of an excessive amount of fat mass (FM) in the
adipose tissue, subcutaneous, or inside certain organs. The risk does not lie so much in the …

Diagnosing insulin resistance by simple quantitative methods in subjects with normal glucose metabolism

JF Ascaso, S Pardo, JT Real, RI Lorente… - Diabetes …, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To identify a reliable yet simple indirect method for detection of insulin
resistance (IR). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 65 subjects (44 men and 21 …

Abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome in a southern European population

JF Ascaso, P Romero, JT Real, RI Lorente… - European journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Our objective was to investigate the relationship between abdominal obesity (AO),
as measured by waist circumference (WC), insulin resistance (IR), and components of …

Insulin resistance quantification by fasting insulin plasma values and HOMA index in a non-diabetic population

JF Ascaso, P Romero, JT Real, A Priego… - Medicina …, 2001 - europepmc.org
Background Our goal was to determine the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) by means of
fasting insulin plasma values and the HOMA index, and to analyse the relation of these …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropeptide FF increases M2 activation and self-renewal of adipose tissue macrophages

…, JS Lim, J Martinez-Ibañez, JT Real… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The quantity and activation state of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) impact the development
of obesity-induced metabolic diseases. Appetite-controlling hormones play key roles in …

[HTML][HTML] The GLP-1 analogue lixisenatide decreases atherosclerosis in insulin-resistant mice by modulating macrophage phenotype

…, I Andrés-Blasco, S Martínez-Hervás, JT Real… - Diabetologia, 2017 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Recent clinical studies indicate that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)
analogues prevent acute cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes mellitus but their mechanisms …

SGLT-2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibition reduces Ang II (Angiotensin II)–induced dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm in ApoE (apolipoprotein E) …

…, H Gonzalez-Navarro, MJ Sanz, JT Real… - … , and vascular biology, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a pathological condition of permanent vessel
dilatation that predisposes to the potentially fatal consequence of aortic rupture. SGLT-2 (…

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in Spain: prevalence and phenotype–genotype relationship

…, FJ Fuentes, Y Brito-Casillas, JT Real… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare disease
characterized by elevated plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and …

Importance of HDL cholesterol levels and the total/HDL cholesterol ratio as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in molecularly defined heterozygous familial …

JT Real, FJ Chaves, I Martinez-Uso… - European heart …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Aims To assess the relationship of the lipid profile to coronary heart disease in a group of
heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemic subjects with similar age, sex, body mass index, …

Age-related increase in xanthine oxidase activity in human plasma and rat tissues

R Aranda, E Doménech, A Diana Rus, JT Real… - Free radical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This study assessed the role of xanthine oxidase in vascular ageing. A positive correlation
between xanthine oxidase activity and age was found in human plasma. Similar results were …