Study Objectives: To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and insomnia
severity and the risk of all-cause death and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events Design: …

Background: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown hyperuricemia to be prevalent
among individuals with metabolic syndrome, but the evidence from prospective studies of an …

Purpose: Local compression has been advocated for the treatment of femoral artery
pseudoaneurysms. Although it is effective and has a high success rate, this method bears some …

BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence links macrophage activation and fibrosis to the
pathogenesis of heart failure (HF). Galectin-3 is one of the most likely mediators between …

Background Fatty infiltration of the pancreas has been shown to interfere with insulin secretion.
Both insulin sensitivity and secretion are important in the pathogenesis of diabetes and …

Background Fatty infiltration of the pancreas is an enigmatic manifestation of ectopic fat
deposition in obesity. Studies have shown that pancreatic lipid accumulation interferes with …

Background: Prospective data about the association between serum total homocysteine (Hcy)
and vascular disease in Asia is limited because few investigations have evaluated the …

BACKGROUND: We investigated atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence, incidence and the risk of
stroke and all-cause death because little is known about AF risk among ethnic Chinese. …

Context: Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a metabolically active visceral fat depot. Its
distribution is asymmetrical and primarily concentrated in the grooves. To date, it remains unclear …

Little is known about uric acid role for cardiovascular events in the Asian-Pacific countries
with relatively low coronary heart disease (CHD) but high stroke events. Also, there is scanty …