Is waist-to-height ratio a highly sensitive index for the metabolic syndrome in a Mediterranean population?
WHtR > or = 0.5 may be the most effective anthropometric index for screening high-risk patients in the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, with the advantage of the opportunity of direct comparisons with other populations.
Our findings indicate that MDM2 protein levels are strongly associated with and regulated by eIF4E in a posttranscriptional mechanism in esophageal cancer.