The metabolic syndrome / edited by Christopher D. Byrne, Sarah H. Wild.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrne, Christopher D.

Wild, Sarah H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metabolism--Disorders.

Metabolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Metabolic Syndrome is a valuable reference text, covering all aspects of the metabolic syndrome and its constituent diseases including inflammation, oxidation and adipocytokines. This book explains the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical treatment of all risk factors as well as the relationship with diabetes, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and coronary heart disease. The Metabolic Syndrome has been further improved from the 1st edition that was highly commended in 2006 Annual British Medical Association medical books

Contents:

The epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome and its association with diabetes cardiovascular disease and other conditions / Sarah H. Wild and Christopher D. Byrne

Metabolic syndrome and ethnicity / Therese Tillin and Nita G. Forouhi

Developmental origins of endothelial dysfunction: a key step in cardiometabolic disease / Christopher Torrens, Geraldine F. Clough, and Mark A. Hanson

Developmental origins of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes / Susan E. Ozanne and Kenneth Siddle

The metabolic syndrome in childhood

/ Ram Weiss and Sonia Caprio

Assessment of insulin sensitivity / Julia Szendroedi, Esther Phielix, and Michael Roden

Recent progress in identifying genes contributing to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome

/ Weijia Xie, Timothy M. Frayling and Michael N. Weedon

Endocrine aspects of the metabolic syndrome / Richard I.G. Holt and Peter H. Sönksen

Brain insulin resistance / Katharine F. Hunt, Yee Seun Cheah, and Stephanie A. Amiel

Cardiorespiratory fitness and the metabolic syndrome / Paul A. McAuley and Steven N. Blair

Metabolic syndrome and mental illness / Richard I.G. Holt and Robert C. Peveler

Atherothrombosis and the metabolic syndrome / Kristina F. Standeven and Peter J. Grant

Inflammation and metabolic syndrome / Sridevi Devaraj, David Siegel, and Ishwarlal Jialal

Adipocytokine dysregulation, obesity and the metabolic syndrome / Ulf Smith and Xiaolin Yang

Non alcoholic fatty liver disease / Mohamed H. Ahmed and Christopher D. Byrne

Polycystic ovary syndrome / Naveed Sattar

Nutrition : its relevance in development and treatment of the metabolic syndrome / Lisa Te Morenga and Jim Mann

Treatments for the metabolic syndrome / Markolf Hanefeld, Ulrike Schatz, and Frank Schaper

Metabolic/bariatric surgery therapy for the metabolic syndrome / Henry Buchwald.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613178299

9781444347302

1444347306

9781283178297

128317829X

9781444347319

1444347314

9781444347296

1444347292

OCLC:

747412890