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Diabetes mellitus as a comorbidity in COVID-19 infection in the United Arab Emirates
(2021)
Objectives:
To compare risk factors and clinical outcomes among COVID-19 patients with or without diabetes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Methods:
Data of 350 COVID-19 positive patients, admitted to Al Kuwait ...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and their association with vascular risk
(2021)
Abstract:
The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), one of the most common liver diseases, is rising. About 25% of adults worldwide are probably affected by NAFLD. Insulin resistance (IR) and fat ...
Can We Decrease Epicardial and Pericardial Fat in Patients With Diabetes?
(2021)
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic and complex metabolic disorder and also an important cause of cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD). Patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) and obesity show a greater propensity for ...
Estimate of the HOMA-IR Cut-off Value for Identifying Subjects at Risk of Insulin Resistance Using a Machine Learning Approach
(2021)
Objectives:
This study describes an unsupervised machine learning approach used to estimate the homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) cut-off for identifying subjects at risk of IR in a given ethnic ...