Gathering experimental data to test computer methods developed during a research is a hard
work. Nowadays, some databases have been stored online that can be freely downloaded…

Obesity is a condition characterized by the excessive accumulation of adipose tissue.
However, directly measuring adiposity can be challenging, especially in epidemiological and …

In clinical practice, plasma glucose concentrations in fasting and postprandial are measured
to assess glucose metabolism and to diagnose diabetes. Plasma glucose and insulin …

This paper focuses on the effect of a sudden increase of plasma glucose concentration in
the cardiac autonomic modulation using time-domain and frequency-domain heart rate …

The lack of standardized cut-off values for the surrogate methods to diagnose Insulin
resistance (IR) and the fact that the sensitivity of these methods have been studied in specific …

This work presents a methodology for studying the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Insulin
Sensitivity (IS) during the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in subjects with Metabolic …

Regular physical activity brings improvement in health and quality of life. It is associated
with reduced risk of several diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. …

Heart diseases are the main cause of death worldwide. The first step in the diagnose of these
diseases is the analysis of the electrocardiographic (ECG) signal. In turn, the ECG analysis …

QT interval could be relevant for cardiopathy assessment in metabolic syndrome (MS) because
of the increased difficulty the cells have to metabolize glucose, thus possibly prolonging …

The type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a multifactorial chronic disease that reduces the quality of
lifestyle and produces the death of a large percentage of the population worldwide. Before the …