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Diabetes and higher body mass index (BMI) contribute to pathological upstaging in renal cell carcinoma, according to a study. Preoperative tumour size, increased age, and male sex are also significantly associated with upstaging.

An open-label, randomized, parallel-design clinical trial demonstrates weight loss as well as decreases in fasting glucose, insulin and insulin resistance in overweight and obese Hong Kong Chinese individuals after high-fibre dietary intervention supplemented with synbiotics.

Increased levels of remnant cholesterol (RC) appear to elevate the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), independent of traditional risk factors, suggests a study. Moreover, pregnant women with high prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), high triglyceride (TG), and high RC levels are at greater GDM risk.

People who consume organically grown foods appear to have a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, as shown in a study.

Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who received canagliflozin benefit from improved liver biochemistry and metabolism, a recent study has shown. In addition, treatment with canagliflozin appears to confer positive effects on liver fibrosis.

Higher consumption of both unprocessed and processed red meat is associated with higher risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a meta-analysis involving >4.4 million people by researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU).