GW25-e3216 Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Iranian People Referring to Heart Centre

Factor Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome among Iranian Male Smokers

Background: Recent studies show cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors have the tendency to intermingle. Integration between some biological and homodynamic risk factors have made the new hypothesis for etiology of CVDs. The aim of this study was to determine the clustering pattern of metabolic variables and left ventricular (LV) mass among smoker and non-smoker individuals and the interrela...

Self-Management and Its Related Factors Among People With Epilepsy Referring to Iranian Epilepsy Association

Background: People with chronic diseases, including epilepsy, need to learn self-management behaviors so as to control their disease and reduce its complications. The present study aims to determine how people with epilepsy self-manage the disease. Methods: The present research was a descriptive-correlational study conducted on 100 patients with epilepsy who had been referred to the Iranian Ep...

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Iranian Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the major risk factor for development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in different populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of MetS among Iranian population. METHODS Thirty-four cross-sectional studies were analyzed with a sample of 83227 people. National and international English electronic databases (PubMed, Goo...

[Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Chilean adults].

BACKGROUND There are several diagnostic criteria for Metabolic Syndrome (MS) definition. AIM To study their application in the Chilean general adult population. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analyzed data from a random sub sample of 1.833 adults aged 17 years and older surveyed during the First Chilean National Health Survey conducted in 2003. The prevalence of MS was estimated using the update A...

The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Weight Groups among Children and Adolescents of Ahvaz