Introduction: Elderly migrants represent an ever increasing portion of German nursing home residents. However, the nutritional status of elderly migrants and related problems are still largely unknown. The ...

Overweight and obesity are major public health problems in Germany. The associated comorbidities are highly depending on individual body fat distribution. A distinction is made between android and gynoid body fat distribution, ...

Adipose tissue secretes multiple metabolically important proteins known as adipokines, one of the most abundant is adiponectin (AdipoQ). Known as an important modulator of glucose and fat metabolism, adipoQ is a key regulator ...

Vitamin D deficiency and anemia are prevalent in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), and both are independent risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological studies suggest an inverse association ...

Vascular calcification is present in atherosclerosis, ageing, chronic kidney diseases and diabetes and is strongly associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. Calcification of arteries occurs at the tunica intima ......
Vitamin K abhängige Gamma-Carboxylierung in der chronischen NIereninsuffizienz
Vaskuläre Kalzifizierung tritt als eine Begleiterscheinung von Atherosklerose, Alter, chronischen Nierenerkrankungen und ......

This thesis examines the interlinkages between water quality, water use, sanitation and hygiene practices, other household characteristics and health outcomes in the context of multipurpose water systems in Ghana. ...

The development of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis and its relation to lipids (e.g. cholesterol, lipoproteins, and fatty acids [FA]) is well established and begins in childhood and adolescence. Beside that, an ......
Serum-Lipidstatus in europäischen Jugendlichen – Assoziationen mit Alter, Geschlecht, Reife, Body-Mass-Index, prozentualem Körperfettanteil und Magermasse
Das Auftreten von kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen ......