• A Mediterranean-Diet-Based Nutritional Intervention for Children with Prediabetes in a Rural Town: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial 

      Blancas Sánchez, Isabel María; Rosal Jurado, María del; Aparicio Martínez, Pilar; Quintana-Navarro, Gracia M.; Vaquero Abellán, Manuel; Castro Jiménez, Rafael Ángel; Fonseca Pozo, Francisco Javier (MDPI, 2022)
      Prediabetes is a pathological condition in which the blood glucose concentration is higher than normal concentrations but lower than those considered necessary for a type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosis. Various authors have ...
    • A Sustainable Approach to the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Its Economic Burden 

      Vaquero Álvarez, Manuel; Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar; Fonseca Pozo, Francisco Javier; Valle Alonso, Joaquín; Blancas Sánchez, Isabel María; Romero Saldaña, Manuel (MDPI, 2020)
      The prevalence of obesity continues to grow, resulting in metabolic syndrome and increasing economic burden for health systems. The objectives were to measure the ability of the NIM-MetS test, previously used in the adults, ...
    • The Assessment of Myocardial Longitudinal Strain in a Paediatric Spanish Population Using a New Software Analysis 

      Aristizábal-Duque, Cristhian H.; Fernández Cabeza, Juan; Blancas Sánchez, Isabel María; Delgado Ortega, Mónica; Aparicio-Martínez, Pilar; Romero Saldaña, Manuel; Fonseca del Pozo, Francisco Javier; Pan, Manuel; Ruiz Ortiz, Martín; Mesa-Rubio, María Dolores (MDPI, 2022)
      Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2DSTE) has been present for years. However, it is underutilized due to the expertise and time requirements for its analysis. Our aims were to provide strain values in a ...