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Keep this study
Lead
Maastricht University Medical Center
With
Top Institute Food and Nutrition
Age
18–65
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Aged between 18 and 65 years
Waist circumference below 94 cm (lean subjects) or between 102 - 110 cm (abdominally overweight / obese subjects)
Caucasian
Plasma glucose \< 7.0 mmol/L
Serum total cholesterol \< 8.0 mmol/L
Serum triacylglycerol \< 4.5 mmol/L
Plasma HbA1c \< 6.5%
No current smoker
No diabetic patients
No familial hypercholesterolemia
No abuse of drugs
Less than 14 alcoholic consumptions per week
Stable body weight (weight gain or loss \< 3 kg in the past three months)
No use of medication known to affect blood pressure, serum lipid or glucose metabolism
No severe medical conditions that might interfere with the study, such as epilepsy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, auto inflammatory diseases and rheumatoid arthritis
No active cardiovascular disease like congestive heart failure or cardiovascular event, such as an acute myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident
No contra-indications for MRI imaging
Willingness to give up being a blood donor (or having donated blood) from 8 weeks before the start of the study, during the study and for 4 weeks after completion of the study
No difficult venipuncture as evidenced during the screening visit
You may not be if
Women
Non-caucasian
Plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L
Serum total cholesterol ≥ 8.0 mmol/L
Serum triacylglycerol ≥ 4.5 mmol/L
Plasma HbA1c ≥ 6.5%
Current smoker, or smoking cessation \< 12 months
Diabetic patients
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Abuse of drugs
More than 14 alcoholic consumptions per week
Unstable body weight (weight gain or loss \> 3 kg in the past three months)
Use of use of medication known to affect blood pressure, serum lipid or glucose metabolism
Severe medical conditions that might interfere with the study, such as epilepsy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, auto inflammatory diseases and rheumatoid arthritis
Active cardiovascular disease like congestive heart failure or cardiovascular event, such as an acute myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident
Contra-indications for MRI imaging
Use of an investigational product within the previous 1-month
Not willing to give up being a blood donor (or having donated blood) from 8 weeks before the start of the study, during the study or for 4 weeks after completion of the study
Not or difficult to venipuncture as evidenced during the screening visit
