Abstract Background: The prevalence of dyslipidemia in multiple regions of Venezuela is unknown. The Venezuelan Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (VEMSOLS) was undertaken to evaluate car
Multiple regression analyses between mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma glucose, triglycerides (Tg), total (T-Chol) or HDL-cholesterol (HDL-Chol) and red blood cells (RBC), hematocrit (Ht) and hemog
Background: Several studies have shown effects of current and maternal smoking during pregnancy on DNA methylation of CpG sites in newborns and later in life. Here, we hypothesized that there are long
Background High amounts of time spent sitting can increase cardiovascular disease risk and are deleteriously associated cardio-metabolic risk biomarkers. Though evidence suggests that accruing sitting
The data were transformed into rank cases or dichotomic variables. BMI = body mass index, Glu = Glucose, HbA1C = glycosylated hemoglobin, SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure,