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Arterial stiffness and influences of the metabolic syndrome: a cross-countries ...
Scuteri, Angelo; Cunha, Pedro Guimarães; Rosei, E. Agabiti; Bekaert, Sofie; Cockcrofti, John R.; Cotter, Jorge; Cucca, Francesco; De Buyzere, Marc L.Specific clusters of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components impact differentially on arterial stiffness, indexed as pulse wave velocity (PWV). Of note, in several population-based studies participating in the MARE (Metabolic syndrome and Arteries REsearch) Consortium the occurrence of specific clusters of MetS differed markedly across Europe and the US. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether spec...
Conflict of interest policies and disclosure requirements among European Societ...
Alfonso, Fernando; Timmis, Adam; Pinto, Fausto J.; Ambrosio, Giuseppe; Ector, Hugo; Kulakowski, Piotr; Vardas, Panos; Antoniades, Loizos; Ahmad, MansoorDisclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) is used by biomedical journals to guarantee credibility and transparency of the scientific process. COI disclosure, however, is not systematically nor consistently dealt with by journals. Recent joint editorial efforts paved the way towards the implementation of uniform vehicles for COI disclosure. This paper provides a comprehensive editorial perspective on c...