Adropin and Preptin Levels in β-Thalassemia Major Complications in Babylon Province by Zinah Abbass Ali, Samar Hasan Shammar

“…Results: Serum samples were used to measure biochemical parameters of S.Cr, urea, cystatin-C, ferritin, fasting insulin, fasting glucose, adropin, preptin, and lipid profile. …”
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Effects of Exercise Training on Molecular Markers of Lipogenesis and Lipid Partitioning in Fructose-Induced Liver Fat Accumulation by Siham Yasari, Denis Prud'homme, Frédérique Tesson, Marek Jankowski, Jolanta Gutkowska, Emile Levy, Jean-Marc Lavoie

“…Female rats were exercise-trained for 8 wk or kept sedentary before being submitted to a fasting/refeeding protocol. Rats were further subdivided as follow: rats were fasted for 24 h, refed a standard diet for 24 h, starved for another 24 h, and refed with a standard or a high-fructose diet 24 h before sacrifice. …”
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Periodic starvation provokes the growth performance and feed efficiency of jelawat fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii) by Abdullah Abbas Muhammadar, Hababil Misyania, Fazriansyah Putra Dedi, Abdul Wahab Gunawan, Nanda Defira Cut

“…A completely randomized design (CRD) was used with four treatments and five replications, namely treatment A (control), treatment B (1 day of fasting and 1 day of feeding), treatment C (1 day of fasting and 2 days of feeding), treatment D (1 day fasting 3 days feeding). …”
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Changes in Adipokines following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Chinese Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and BMI of 22–30 kg·m−2 by Chandrama Shrestha, Honghui He, Yiqun Liu, Shaihong Zhu, Jing Xiong, Zhaohui Mo

“…Plasma levels of adiponectin, sICAM-1, fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin, and fasting insulin and serum levels of visfatin were measured before and at three months after LRYGB in 33 T2DM patients with BMI of 22–30 kg·m−2. …”
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Diet restriction and exercise alleviate cognitive reduction of high fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice by rescuing inflammation-mediated compromised insulin signaling pathway throug... by Hu Zhang, Ye Zhang, Jiling Liang, Jiahang Li, Miao He, Xin Liu, Jielun Huang, Minghui Wang, Jingjing Fan, Ning Chen

“…Current studies suggest that diet restriction such as optimal fasting and regular exercise are crucial for improving cognitive capacity. …”
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Effects of time‐restricted feeding and meal timing on an 8‐week fat oxidation exercise training program—A randomized controlled trial by Florian Hofstätter, Martin Niedermeier, Linda K. Rausch, Martin Kopp, Lydia Simpson, Justin S. Lawley

“…Results suggest that fatmax exercise training leads to improvements in fat oxidative capacity independent of fed or fasted state.…”
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Comparison of Metformin and Repaglinide Monotherapy in the Treatment of New Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China by J. Ma, L. Y. Liu, P. H. Wu, Y. Liao, T. Tao, W. Liu

“…This study was designed to compare the effects of metformin and repaglinide on the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in China. …”
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Enpostil Lowers Elevated Serum Gastrin Concentrations in Patients with Pernicious Anemia by P Kirdeikis, M Mant, L Zuk, D Fisher, L Bynum, ABR Thomson

“…A double-blind, randomized, crossover, placebo controlled study of Latin square design was conducted to determine the gastrin-lowering effects of a synthetic orally administered prostaglandin, enprostil, in fasted and fed patients with hypergastrinemia due to pernicious anemia. …”
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Frequency of Insulin Resistance in People with Thyroid Dysfunction by Shaza Abdalla Elwali, Sulaf I Abdelaziz

“…Methods: This case–control study was conducted at the endocrinology outpatient clinics of Ibrahim Malik Hospital and Omdurman Military Hospital in Khartoum State, Sudan between May 2018 and January 2019. Fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin level, and thyroid function test (TFT) were measured for each candidate and IR was estimated using the HOMA-IR equation. …”
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Validation of Point-of-Care Glucose Testing for Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes by Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Vanja Radišić Biljak, Sandra Božičević, Edita Pape-Medvidović, Spomenka Ljubić

“…We found an excellent between-method correlation at fasting (r=0.9681, P<0.0001) and 2 h oGTT (r=0.9768, P<0.0001) and an almost perfect diagnostic agreement (weighted Kappa = 0.858). …”
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Starvation Affects the Muscular Morphology, Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, Expression of Lipid Metabolism-Related Genes, and Transcriptomic Profile of Javelin Goby (Synechogobius has... by Xiangning Chen, Yili Xu, Xiangyu Cui, Siying Zhang, Xiangqi Zhong, Juntao Ke, Yuze Wu, Zhiyu Liu, Chaoqing Wei, Zhujin Ding, Jianhe Xu, Hanliang Cheng

“…However, the relative expressions of genes associated with lipolysis were decreased in the fasting experiment (P<0.05). Similar declines in the transcriptional response to starvation were found in muscle fatp1 and ppar γ abundance (P<0.05). …”
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Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence of Two Fixed-Dose Combination Tablets of Valsartan/Amlodipine (80/5 Mg) in Healthy Chinese Subjects by Tian M, Huang J, Chen Y, Jin Q, Jiang H, Shi C, Mei J, Xu M, Yu X, Yang S

“…A total of 71 healthy Chinese adult participants were included under fasting (n = 36) and fed (n = 35) conditions. The subjects were orally administered valsartan/amlodipine tablets (80/5 mg) per cycle either as the test (T) or reference (R) formulation. …”
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Extended High Frequency Audiometry in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Cuneyt Kucur, Suna Kabil Kucur, Ilay Gozukara, Ali Seven, Kadriye Beril Yuksel, Nadi Keskin, Fatih Oghan

“…Hormonal and biochemical values including LH, LH/FSH, testosterone, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-I, and CRP were calculated. …”
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Raised Serum Adenosine Deaminase Level in Nonobese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Vineet Kumar Khemka, Debajit Bagchi, Arindam Ghosh, Oishimaya Sen, Aritri Bir, Sasanka Chakrabarti, Anindita Banerjee

“…Serum ADA level showed a significant positive correlation with fasting plasma glucose (r=0.657; P<0.0001) level among nonobese T2DM subjects, but no significant correlation was observed in controls (r=-0.203; P=0.180). …”
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Relationships of Insulin Action to Age, Gender, Body Mass Index, and Waist Circumference Present Diversely in Different Glycemic Statuses among Chinese Population by Shao-jie Pang, Qing-Qing Man, Shuang Song, Peng-Kun Song, Zhen Liu, Yu-Qian Li, Shan-Shan Jia, Jing-Zhong Wang, Wen-Hua Zhao, Jian Zhang

“…Glycemic status was defined according to the 2010 American Diabetes Association criteria. Fasting insulin was measured by the chemiluminescence method. …”
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Maternal Fructose Intake Induces Insulin Resistance and Oxidative Stress in Male, but Not Female, Offspring by Lourdes Rodríguez, Paola Otero, María I. Panadero, Silvia Rodrigo, Juan J. Álvarez-Millán, Carlos Bocos

“…Blood samples from fed and 24 h fasted female and male 90-day-old rats born from fructose-fed, glucose-fed, or control mothers were used. …”
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Cardiometabolic risk factors of post-bariatric patients two years after COVID-19 pandemic onset: a longitudinal study by Raysa Manuelle Santos Rocha, Márcia Ferreira Cândido de Souza, Danielle Villela Costa, Larissa Monteiro Costa Pereira, Jamille Oliveira Costa, Rosely de Jesus Nascimento, Andreia Ferreira de Aragão Rabelo, Alex Menezes dos Santos-Junior, Mario Francisco Dantas de Santana-Filho, André Luiz de Jesus Morais, Leonardo Baumworcel, José Rodrigo Santos Silva, Marcos Antonio Almeida-Santos, Antônio Carlos Sobral Sousa

“…Prepandemic weight regain rate was risk factor for increased fasting blood glucose. Two years after the pandemic onset, the study participants exhibited increased rates of weight regain, reduced excess weight loss, and an increase in fasting blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin parameters.…”
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Energetic Cost of Ichthyophonus Infection in Juvenile Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) by Johanna J. Vollenweider, Jake L. Gregg, Ron A. Heintz, Paul K. Hershberger

“…The energetic costs of fasting and Ichthyophonus infection were measured in juvenile Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in a lab setting at three temperatures. …”
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USING OF PRESSURE DIES AT RUP «BMZ» FOR HIGH-SPEED WIRE DRAWING IN THE REGIME OF HYDRODYNAMIC FRICTION by D. G. Sachava, A. V. Demidov

“…It is shown that using of forcing dies at RUP «BMZ» for high-speed wire drawing in regime of hydrodynamic friction improves the quality of lubrication, and correspondingly fastness of dies incl. finishing ones is increaswd.…”
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Central Obesity Is Associated with Variations in TSH and ACTH Levels among Euthyroid Obese Individuals by Difei Lu, Zhenfang Yuan, Ying Gao, Wei Liu, Junqing Zhang

“…Morning ACTH levels and fasting insulin levels were significantly elevated in patients in the highest TSH quartile group (p=0.027 for fasting insulin, p<0.001 for ACTH). …”
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