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Early and intensive glycaemic control continues to reduce risks of mortality, MI, and microvascular complications even at 44 years after the UKPDS study’s initiation, according to follow-up data presented at the EMW Symposium 2024.

Relative fat mass (RFM) accurately identifies people with an elevated body fat percentage (BF%), but it is not as accurate as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in estimating BF%, reports a Chile study.

The negative association between serum magnesium (Mg) levels and insulin resistance (IR) among schoolchildren is partly mediated by the BMI z-score, suggests a study in Mexico.

For both women and men, BMI that is outside of the normal category during the preconception or early-pregnancy periods is a risk factor for lower fecundability, subfertility, and miscarriage, as reported in a cohort study.

Patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RR-DTC) with good ECOG* performance status and radioactive iodine (RAI) avidity benefit the most from treatment with lenvatinib, a study has shown. Moreover, the only independent predictor of survival after treatment initiation is objective response.