scholarly journals Effect of RaceRunning on cardiometabolic disease risk factors and functional mobility in young people with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy: protocol for a feasibility study

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e036469
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ryan ◽  
Nicola Theis ◽  
Pelagia Koufaki ◽  
Shaun Phillips ◽  
Nana Anokye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Severe Disability ◽  
Functional Mobility ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

IntroductionThere is consistent evidence that people with cerebral palsy (CP) do not engage in the recommended physical activity guidelines for the general population from a young age. Participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is particularly reduced in people with CP who have a moderate-to-severe disability. RaceRunning is a growing disability sport that provides an opportunity for people with moderate-to-severe disability to participate in physical activity in the community. It allows those who are unable to walk independently to propel themselves using a RaceRunning bike, which has a breastplate for support but no pedals. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of RaceRunning for young people with moderate-to-severe CP and the feasibility of conducting a definitive study of the effect of RaceRunning on cardiometabolic disease risk factors and functional mobility.Methods and analysisTwenty-five young people (age 5–21 years) with CP or acquired brain injury affecting coordination will be included in this single-arm intervention study. Participants will take part in one RaceRunning session each week for 24 weeks. Outcomes assessed at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks include body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure, muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, functional mobility, activity competence and psychosocial impact. Adverse events will be systematically recorded throughout the 24 weeks. Focus groups will be conducted with participants and/or parents to explore their views and experiences of taking part in RaceRunning.Ethics and disseminationApproval has been granted by Queen Margaret University Research Ethics Committee (REC) and the South East of Scotland REC. Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and distributed to people with CP and their families through RaceRunning and Athletic Clubs, National Health Service trusts and organisations for people with disabilities.Trial registration numberNCT04034342; pre-results.

Abstract P301: The Association of Physical Activity and Inflammation is Independent of Central Obesity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Circulation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 135 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal A Vella ◽  
Matthew A Allison ◽  
Mary Cushman ◽  
Nancy S Jenny ◽  
Mary P Miles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Central Obesity ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Central Adiposity ◽  
Ethnic Study ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

Purpose: Physical activity is associated with decreased adiposity-related inflammation in adults. Whether this association is independent of central obesity is unknown but important for understanding the mechanisms associated with reducing cardiometabolic disease risk through physical activity. This study examined whether associations of physical activity and obesity-related inflammatory markers were independent of central adiposity. Methods: Between 2002 and 2005, 1970 participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis completed detailed health history and physical activity questionnaires, underwent physical measurements including computed tomography to quantify abdominal visceral and subcutaneous fat, and measurements of adiponectin, leptin, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and resistin. Statistical analyses included analysis of covariance and multivariable-adjusted regression. Results: The mean (range) age of participants was 64.7 (55-84) years and 50% were female. After adjustment for age and sex, and compared to the lowest quartile, inflammatory markers in the highest quartile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were 16% higher for adiponectin and 30%, 26% and 9% lower for leptin, interleukin-6, and resistin, respectively (p<0.05 for all). In linear regression adjusted for demographics, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, glomerular filtration rate, renin and aldosterone, each standard deviation increment of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with significantly higher levels of adiponectin (β=0.04) and lower levels of leptin (β=-0.06), interleukin-6 (β=-0.08), and resistin (β=-0.05, p<0.05 for all). The associations with leptin, interleukin-6, and resistin were independent of total and central adiposity (p<0.05), whereas the association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and adiponectin was attenuated by central adiposity (p>0.05). There were no significant interactions by race/ethnicity or sex. Conclusions: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with a more favorable profile of inflammatory markers, independent of relevant cardiometabolic disease risk factors including central obesity.

scholarly journals Inflammatory markers are altered in severe mental disorders independent of comorbid cardiometabolic disease risk factors – ERRATUM

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1758-1758
Author(s):  
Ragni H. Mørch ◽  
Ingrid Dieset ◽  
Ann Færden ◽  
Elina J. Reponen ◽  
Sigrun Hope ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Inflammatory Markers ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

scholarly journals Hepatic fibrosis associates with multiple cardiometabolic disease risk factors: The Framingham Heart Study

Hepatology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle T. Long ◽  
Xiaoyu Zhang ◽  
Hanfei Xu ◽  
Ching‐Ti Liu ◽  
Kathleen E. Corey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hepatic Fibrosis ◽  
Framingham Heart Study ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Heart Study ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

Relationship between plasma vitamin D level and cardiometabolic disease risk factors

2012 ◽  
pp. BMP38
Author(s):  
Alaa Badawi ◽  
Bibiana Garcia-Bailo ◽  
Eman Sadoun ◽  
Laura Da Costa ◽  
Paul Arora ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Plasma Vitamin ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

Food and plant bioactives for reducing cardiometabolic disease risk: an evidence based approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2076-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arrigo F. G. Cicero ◽  
Federica Fogacci ◽  
Alessandro Colletti
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

Nutraceuticals active on the main cardiovascular disease risk factors.

scholarly journals Modeling Sleep and Adiposity-Associated Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors: Protocol for the SLUMBRx Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Knowlden ◽  
John Higginbotham ◽  
Michael Grandner ◽  
John Allegrante
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sleep Duration ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Short Sleep Duration ◽  
Short Sleep ◽  
Adiposity Indices ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

BACKGROUND Obesity and short sleep duration are significant public health issues. Current evidence suggests these conditions are associated with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and premature mortality. Increased interest in the potential link between obesity and short sleep duration, and its health consequences, has been driven by: 1) the apparent parallel increase in prevalence of both conditions in recent decades; 2) their overlapping association with cardiometabolic outcomes; and 3) the potential causal connection between the two health issues. The Short Sleep Undermines Cardiometabolic Health (SLUMBRx) Study seeks to contribute to the development of a comprehensive adiposity-sleep model, while laying the groundwork for a future program of research that will be designed to prevent and treat adiposity and sleep-related cardiometabolic disease risk factors. OBJECTIVE SLUMBRx addresses four topics pertinent to the adiposity-sleep hypothesis: 1) the relationship between adiposity and sleep duration; 2) sex-based differences in the relationship between adiposity and sleep duration; 3) influence of adiposity indices and sleep duration on cardiometabolic outcomes; and 4) the role of socioecological factors as effect modifiers in the relationship between adiposity indices, sleep, and cardiometabolic outcomes. METHODS SLUMBRx will employ a large-scale survey (n=1,000) that recruits 159 participants (53 normal weight, 53 overweight, and 53 obese) to be assessed in two phases. RESULTS Phase 1, a lab-based study, will gather objective adiposity indices (air displacement plethysmography and anthropometrics) and cardiometabolic data (blood pressure, pulse wave velocity and pulse wave analysis, and blood-based biomarker). Phase 2, a one-week, home-based study, will gather sleep-related data (home sleep testing/sleep apnea, actigraphy, sleep diaries). During Phase 2, detailed demographic and socioecological data will be collected to contextualize hypothesized adiposity and sleep-associated cardiometabolic disease risk factors. Collection and analyses of these data will yield information necessary to customize future observational and intervention research. CONCLUSIONS Precise implementation of the SLUMBRx protocol promises to provide objective, empirical data on the interaction between body composition and sleep duration. The hypotheses that will be tested by SLUMBRx are important for understanding the pathogenesis of cardiometabolic disease and for developing future public health interventions to prevent its conception and treat its consequences. CLINICALTRIAL https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9822114&icde=45818775

scholarly journals Single-Arm 8-Week Ad Libitum Self-Prepared Paleo Diet Reduces Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Overweight Adults

2019 ◽  
pp. 155982761986615
Author(s):  
Melissa M. Markofski ◽  
Kristofer Jennings ◽  
Chad Dolan ◽  
Natalie A. Davies ◽  
Emily C. LaVoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease ◽  
Paleo Diet ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Physically Inactive ◽  
Cardiometabolic Disease Risk

The paleo diet is popular among the general population due to promoted weight loss and disease prevention benefits. We examined the effectiveness of a self-administered paleo diet in improving cardiometabolic disease risk factors. Overweight, physically inactive but otherwise healthy adults (males = 4, females = 3, age 32.7 ± 4.9 years, body mass index [BMI] 29.4 ± 2.4 kg/m2) habitually eating a traditional Western diet (1853.4 ± 441.2 kcal; 34.0% carbohydrate; 41.4% fat; 19.2% protein) completed an ad libitum self-administered paleo diet for 8 weeks. Height, weight, blood pressure, and a fasting blood sample were collected pre– and post–paleo dietary intervention. Blood samples were analyzed for fasting cardiometabolic disease biomarkers—including brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21, and leptin. After 8 weeks, body mass (−5.3 kg, P = .008), BMI (−1.7 kg/m2, P = .002), serum leptin (−56.2%, P = .012), serum FGF21 (−26.7%, P = .002), and serum BDNF (−25.8%, P = .045) significantly decreased. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were unchanged following the paleo dietary intervention ( P > .05). Average energy intake (−412.6 kcal, P = .016) significantly decreased with the paleo dietary intervention mostly due to a reduction in carbohydrate consumption (−69.2 g; P = .003). An 8-week self-administered paleo dietary intervention was effective in improving cardiometabolic disease risk factors in a healthy, physically inactive overweight adult population.

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