Diet & Nutrition

Correlation of Parathyroid Hormone Levels with Mineral Status in End-stage Renal Disease Patients.

UNLABELLED: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is the main regulator of calcium, phosphate, magnesium, sodium, and potassium homeostasis. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between PTH and aforementioned minerals in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.

Levels and effectiveness of oral retinol supplementation in VLBW preterm infants.

Retinol palmitate oral administration is convenient, but it is difficult to assess/monitor its nutritional status in preterm infants and literature is controversial about the administration route and the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation. We primarily evaluated retinol plasma levels to assess the vitamin A nutritional status in preterm infants (<1500 g; 32 weeks) after 28 days of oral sup...

NUTRITIONAL OR ACTIVE VITAMIN D FOR THE CORRECTION OF MINERAL METABOLISM ABNORMALITIES IN NON-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS?

CONTEXT: Benefits of vitamin D therapies in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are debated.

Dietary Calcium Intake May Contribute to the HOMA-IR Score in Korean Females with Vitamin D Deficiency (2008-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey).

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D and calcium are important factors involved in the regulation of blood glucose and insulin secretion. The Homeostatic Model Asses...

Circulating Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels and Lumbar Bone Mineral Density in Korean Women.

BACKGROUND: Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is expressed in adipose tissue, macrophages, endothelial cells, and osteoblasts by parathyroid ...

[Effects of Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 combined with fructooligosaccharides on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease induced by high-fat diet in mice].

To investigate the effects of Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 combined with fructooligosaccharides (FOS) on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) i...

Diet, Lung Function, and Asthma Exacerbations in Puerto Rican Children.

Changes in dietary patterns may partly explain the epidemic of asthma in industrialized countries. The objective of this study was to examine the rela...

Effects of Single Vitamin D₃ Injection (200,000 Units) on Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Sclerostin Levels in Subjects with Vitamin D Deficiency.

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency remains common in all age groups and affects skeletal and non-skeletal health. Fibroblast growth factor 23 is a bone-...

Investigation of mechanisms involved in regulation of progesterone catabolism using an overfed versus underfed ewe-lamb model.

Alterations in progesterone (P4) catabolism due to high feed intake underlie some effects of nutrition on reproduction. Based on previous research, we...

Use of in vitro dry matter digestibility and gas production to predict apparent total tract digestibility of total dietary fiber for growing pigs.

In vitro DM disappearance (IVDMD) and gas production methods have been developed and used to measure in vivo nutrient digestibility of feed ingredient...

Maternal nutrition and stage of early pregnancy in beef heifers: Impacts on expression of glucose, fructose, and cationic amino acid transporters in utero-placental tissues.

We hypothesized that maternal nutrition and day of gestation would impact utero-placental mRNA expression of the nutrient transporters , , , , and in ...

Effect of postweaning heifer development system on average daily gain, pregnancy rates, and subsequent feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer.

A 3-yr study utilized 300 Angus-based, spring-born heifers to evaluate postweaning heifer development systems on gain, reproductive performance, and f...

The relationship between breast cancer treatment, tumour type and vitamin D level in pre- and postmenopausal women.

OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a higher risk of cancer. There is insufficient data regarding the influence of treatment on vitamin...

Clinical profile and long-term follow-up of 32 patients with postoperative permanent hypoparathyroidism.

BACKGROUND: Parathyroid failure is the most common complication after total thyroidectomy but permanent impairment of the parathyroid function is unus...

The influence of vitamin D deficiency on eradication rates of Helicobacter pylori.

BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy improves the healing of various gastro-duodenal diseases such as chronic gastritis and peptic ulce...

Impact of metformin on serum prostate-specific antigen levels: Data from the national health and nutrition examination survey 2007 to 2008.

PURPOSE: A possible association between metformin use and the development of prostate cancer (PCa) has been reported. However, there is limited inform...

Chemerin Blood Levels are Associated with MRI Measured Volumes of Abdominal Adipose Tissue Compartments and Lifestyle Choices.

Obesity is a low-grade chronic inflammatory state, in which a cytokine chemerin with its immunometabolic modulation has an important role. We aimed to...

The effect of nitrate and monensin on in vitro ruminal fermentation.

Two experiments evaluated the effect of calcium ammonium nitrate decahydrate (calcium nitrate [NIT]) and monensin sodium (MON) on in vitro fermentatio...

Arterial stiffness and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in chronic kidney disease patients.

OBJECTIVE: Arterial stiffness refers to arterial wall rigidity, particularly developing in central vessels. Arterial stiffness increases in early stag...

Adiponectin levels may help assess the clinical repercussions of obesity irrespective of body mass index.

OBJECTIVE: Adiponectin is the major product of adipose tissue. The aim of this study was to associate adiponectin levels with adipose tissue and metab...