background: the aim of this study was to assess the association between insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in chinese adults. methods: fifty five subjects with nafld and 55 controls were enrolled for the study. waist circumference, blood pressure, plasma triglyceride, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose concentrations ...

Alteration in microRNA-146a (miRNA-146a) expression is an important event in the pathogenesis of many human diseases. MiRNA-146a rs2910164 is a functional polymorphism that showed association with several diseases. Metabolic syndrome is an aggregation of multiple risk factors including impaired glucose tolerance, increased highdensity lipoprotein, abdominal obesity, and high blood pressure. The...

background: although red meat consumption is related to the prevalence of diabetes, few data are available showing the relationship between red meat intake, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome. the study aimed to identify the association between the red meat intake, metabolic syndrome, and circulating concentration of c-reactive protein (crp) as a surrogate measure of inflammation. methods: in...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of metabolic syndrome varies widely by ethnicity and by the criteria used in its definition. OBJECTIVE To identify the optimal cutoff values for waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) for identifying metabolic syndrome among the Saudi population. DESIGN Nationwide household cross-sectional population-based survey. SETTING Thi...

OBJECTIVE Developing countries are undergoing an epidemiologic transition accompanied by increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) linked to urbanization and lifestyle modifications. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of CVD risk factors whose extent in Kenya remains unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and factors associated with its occurre...

Background : Epicardial fat thickness and HBA1C level are usefull independent indicator for metabolic syndrome type 2 diabetus mellitus respectively10,9 .studies on the correlation between epicardial in coronary artery disease limited .Hence we aim to evaluate of acute syndrome. Objective The Target this work was investigate link Methodology 123 patient .Electrocardiogram (ECG), pad measured us...

Oakes, Nicholas D., Pia Thalén, Therese Hultstrand, Severina Jacinto, Germán Camejo, Boel Wallin, and Bengt Ljung. Tesaglitazar, a dual PPAR / agonist, ameliorates glucose and lipid intolerance in obese Zucker rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289: R938–R946, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00252.2005.—Insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, high circulating levels of free fatty ac...