In the assessment of diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome, much work, including ours (1), has been done to identify an optimal cutoff value for waist circumference, i.e., one that best predicts the clustering of metabolic risk factors. By contrast, little attention has been paid to the waist circumference site to be measured and its impact on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, alth...

The presence of the metabolic syndrome, a clustering of metabolic risk factors closely associated with abdominal obesity, is accompanied by an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is now generally accepted that insulin resistance together with abdominal obesity are key features in the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome. As a resul...

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a disorder which is composed of several metabolic abnormalities: glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, obesity and hypertension. PCOS which is characterized by menstrual irregularities and hyperandrogenism, is a common endocrinological disorder in female reproductive age. The prevalence of the syndrome is 5-10%. Insulin resistance is a common feature of the PCOS (...

Introduction Studies in adult psychiatric patients consistently call attention to premature mortality and its association with metabolic syndrome. However, the utility of syndrome construct is controversial older adults general population, since literature shows that some components, such as obesity, can be protective against mortality. In mental illness, only one study explored relation betwee...

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