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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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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Novel Indices of Glucose Homeostasis Derived from Principal Component Analysis: Application for Metabolic Assessment in Pregnancy by Tina Stopp, Michael Feichtinger, Ingo Rosicky, Gülen Yerlikaya-Schatten, Johannes Ott, Hans Christian Egarter, Christian Schatten, Wolfgang Eppel, Peter Husslein, Martina Mittlböck, Andrea Tura, Christian S. Göbl

“…PCS1 was positively associated with fasting and dynamic parameters of insulin sensitivity (Matsuda index: r=0.93, p<0.001), whereas a strong negative association was observed for early, late, and total insulin response. …”
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses: a comparison of meta- and mega-analyses in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study by Alan Kuang, Marie-France Hivert, M. Geoffrey Hayes, William L. Lowe, Denise M. Scholtens

“…The meta-analysis pipeline identified genome-wide significant associations for 15 variants in a region close to GCK on chromosome 7 with maternal fasting glucose and no significant findings for 1-hr glucose. …”
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Glycolipids as Potential Energy Molecules during Starvation in Climbing Perch, Anabas testudineus (Bloch) by Padmavathi Godavarthy, Y. Sunila Kumari

“…The present study is an attempt to understand whether glycolipids can act as energy sources during fasting. To achieve this, we selected and subjected Anabas testudineus to short-term (15 days) and long-term (60 days) laboratory starvation. …”
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Estimation of Undiagnosed Diabetes and Pre-diabetes in People 45–75 Years in Two Blocks of Himachal Pradesh, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashok Bhardwaj, Sanjay Kumar, Mitasha Singh, Chirag Goel

“…Diabetes and pre-diabetes prevalence was calculated using fasting blood glucose (FBS), OGTT, and HbA1c criteria of the World Health Organization individually. …”
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Oleuropein Improves Cognitive Dysfunction and Neuroinflammation in Diabetic Rats through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway by Jianru Shang, Shan Che, Mingjie Zhu

“…A diabetic rat model was constructed using streptozotocin, and the diabetic rats were divided into 3 groups with different treatment for 4 weeks, named STZ group (gavaged with normal saline), STZ+LOE group (40 mg/kg oleuropein, and STZ+SITA group (30 mg/kg sitagliptin). The fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting serum insulin levels, and HOMA-IR index were measured in rats. …”
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The Effect of Alcoholic Extract of Anabasis syriaca Iljin on Biochemical and Histological Parameters in Rats by Suad M. Kloub, Saleem A. Banihani, Omar M. Atrooz, Wael M. Hananeh

“…Blood was collected after overnight fasting, and 24 biochemical parameters were evaluated. …”
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Influence of Listening to Jiao Tune on Sleep Quality and Blood Glucose in the Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Accompanied by Insomnia by Xuxing LIN, Jingmin JI, Guoying ZHOU

“…Time of falling asleep of the jiao tone group was better than that of the western music group and the control group respectively. The fasting blood glucose in the jiao tune group and the western music goup was lower than that of the control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Listening to jiao tone can improve sleep quality, descend fasting blood glucose and reduce the time of falling asleep in the elderly patients with type 2 diabetes accompanied by insomnia of liver-fire type.…”
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Changes in Bone Mineral Density and Metabolic Parameters after Pulsatile Gonadorelin Treatment in Young Men with Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism by Chen-Xi Li, Song-Tao Tang, Qiu Zhang

“…The patients with HH had lower BMD in lumbar spine 2–4, femoral neck, and total hip (P<0.001, for all) and higher fasting insulin (P=0.001), HOMA-IR (P=0.002), and SHBG (P<0.001) compared to the controls. …”
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Increased Circulating Betatrophin Concentrations in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Daniel Espes, Mats Martinell, Per-Ola Carlsson

“…Study participants were characterized with regard to BMI, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure, and fasting plasma blood lipids, creatinine, glucose, HbA1c, and C-peptide. …”
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The Decreased Growth Hormone Response to Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Obesity Is Associated to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Fernando Cordido, Jesús Garcia-Buela, Susana Sangiao-Alvarellos, Teresa Martinez, Ovidio Vidal

“…Mean total and LDL cholesterol, fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR were all higher, in subjects who would have been classified as GH-deficient compared with GH-sufficient. …”
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No Weight Catch-Up Growth of SGA Infants Is Associated with Impaired Insulin Sensitivity during the Early Postnatal Period by Tong-yan Han, Xin-li Wang, Yun-pu Cui, Hong-mao Ye, Xiao-mei Tong, Mei-hua Piao

“…Body weight, length, fasting glucose, and fasting insulin (FI) levels were measured at 3 days and 3 months. …”
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A Community Based Weight Loss Intervention Program in Malay Women-A Proof of Concept by Li Whye Cindy Ng, E Shyong Tai, Kwang Wei Tham

“…Main outcome measures: Anthropometric measurements and fasting biochemical tests were carried out at baseline, three and six months after intervention.Results:At three months, women who took one MR daily had a significant reduction in their waist circumference and fasting glucose. …”
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Factors in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Predicting the Needs for Insulin Therapy by Ya Zhang, Jiashen Shao, Feifei Li, Xianming Xu

“…The probability of insulin therapy can be estimated in pregnant women with GDM based on fasting and 2 h glucose values during OGTT and HbA1c value at diagnosis of GDM.…”
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A Combined Therapy with Myo-Inositol and D-Chiro-Inositol Improves Endocrine Parameters and Insulin Resistance in PCOS Young Overweight Women by Elena Benelli, Scilla Del Ghianda, Caterina Di Cosmo, Massimo Tonacchera

“…Thus, we analyzed pretreatment and posttreatment FSH, LH, 17-beta-Estradiol, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, androstenedione, free testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, HOMA index, and fasting glucose and insulin. Results. We recorded a statistically significant reduction of LH, free testosterone, fasting insulin, and HOMA index only in the group treated with the combined therapy of MI plus DCI; in the same patients, we observed a statistically significant increase of 17-beta-Estradiol levels. …”
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Mediators of the association between nut consumption and cardiovascular diseases: a two-step mendelian randomization study by Ruizhe Wang, Jinfang Sun, Xiaojin Yu

“…Furthermore, in the two-step MR analysis, fasting insulin, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting blood glucose were identified as mediators in the potential causal relationship between processed peanuts and IHD, explaining 16.98%, 6.38% and 4.91% of the mediation, respectively. …”
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Effects of exercise intensity and diet on cardiac tissue structure and FGF21/β-Klotho signaling in type 2 diabetic mice: a comparative study of HFD and HFD + STZ induced type 2 dia... by Sevda Moharamzadeh, Majid Kashef, Mojtaba Salehpour, Meysam Torabi, Samira Vesali, Zakieh Samsonchi, Ensiyeh Hajizadeh-Saffar

“…Post hoc and subgroup analysis showed a superior effect of MICT over HIIT in decreasing fasting blood glucose and serum level of FGF21 (p < 0.001). …”
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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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Risk of Dysglycemia in Pregnancy amongst Kenyan Women with HIV Infection: A Nested Case-Control Analysis from the STRiDE Study by Sonak D. Pastakia, Wycliffe K. Kosgei, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Benson Kiragu, John N. Hector, Gertrude Anusu, Ponnusamy Saravanan

“…Within this study, women received venous testing for glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting glucose between 8- and 20-week gestational age. …”
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