Athanasia Tragomalou, George Paltoglou, Maria Manou, Ioannis V Kostopoulos, Sofia Loukopoulou, Maria Binou, Ourania E Tsitsilonis, Flora Bacopoulou, Penio Kassari, Marina Papadopoulou, George Mastorakos, Evangelia Charmandari
Obesity in adolescence is associated with significant morbidity and predisposes adolescents to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although a number of traditional CVD risk factors have been identified in youth, limited data exist regarding non-traditional CVD risk factors. In 89 adolescents with metabolic syndrome (MetS), with 60 age-, gender-, and BMI-matched controls, we determined the non-traditional CVD risk factors (hs-CRP, TG/HDL ratio, ApoB/ApoA1 ratio, NAFLD) in order to investigate whether they may be used as biomarkers for predicting future CVD, and we evaluated their response to the implementation of a multidisciplinary, personalized, lifestyle intervention program for 1 year...
October 12, 2023: Nutrients