Assessment of metabolic syndrome in Kashmiri population with type 2 diabetes employing the standard criteria’s given by WHO, NCEPATP III and IDF

Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes: comparison of WHO, modified ATPIII & IDF criteria.

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes according to three commonly used operational definitions {World Health Organization (WHO), National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (NCEP ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation( IDF)}. To evaluate the agreement between these classifications in the Pakistani cohort. METHODS Data was colle...

Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

Background and Objectives: There is convincing evidence that subjects concomitantly affected by type 2 diabetes (T2D) and metabolic syndrome (MeS) are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many metabolic derangements in T2D might be attributed to poor vitamin D status. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among vitamin D status, MeS and glycemic status in su...

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Nepalese type 2 diabetic patients according to WHO, NCEP ATP III, IDF and Harmonized criteria

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) present in type 2 diabetic patients greatly increases the risk of strokes and cardiovascular diseases. Timely detection and mapping of MetS facilitates appropriate preventive and therapeutic approaches to minimize these risks. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of MetS among Nepalese type 2 diabetic patients using WHO (1999), NCEP ATP III (2001), ID...

Assessment of the Metabolic Syndrome in Predicting Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Chinese Population

the risk factors and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in women with previous gestational diabetes

patients and methods we extracted the demographic characteristics of 110 women with gdm who had delivered during 2004 - 2010 in three main hospitals of zanjan city, iran. the patients were recalled to perform oral glucose tolerance test (ogtt) and other necessary tests for mets diagnosis. anthropometric measurements were recorded of all the participants. results in this study, 110 women with a ...