OBJECTIVE Limited information is available about the metabolic syndrome in Asians. Furthermore, the definition of central obesity using waist circumference may not be appropriate for Asians. The objectives of this study were to determine the optimal waist circumference for diagnosing central obesity in Asians and to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in an Asian population. RES...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in reproductive-aged polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) Thai women. MATERIAL AND METHOD A Cross sectional study was done at the Gynecologic Endocrinology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital of 250 PCOS Thai women who were diagnosed using Revised Rotterdam 2003 criteria, and who did n...

This descriptive and cross-sectional study evaluated the adherence of patients with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) to Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet). Patients who met National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criteria enrolled. Socio-demographic characteristics, physical activity levels, blood tests anthropometric variables were recorded evaluated. A 24-hour retrospective r...

The traditional approach to assess information system (IS) project success is adherence planning (ATP) – meeting budget, schedule, and requirements targets. Today, scholars agree that ATP insufficient adequately IS success, but an agreed-on set of criteria still missing. Many works on this topic are based theoretical considerations rather than empirical inquiries. We analyze practitioners’ subj...

AIMS We examined, in a country of the African region, i) the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) according to three definitions (ATP, WHO and IDF); ii) the distribution of the MetS criteria; iii) the level of agreement between these three definitions and iv) we also examined these issues upon exclusion of people with diabetes. METHODS We conducted an examination survey on a sample rep...

etabolic syndrome or X syndrome is a group of cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors including dysglycemia, high blood pressure, elevated triglyceride level, elevated LDL level, decrease in HDL cholesterol level and obesity especially in the abdominal area(1).Although there are various definitions for metabolic syndrome, the most practical method for clinical diagnosis is the use of Adult tre...

Background and Objectives: The association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and hyperuricemia has been formerly studied mostly in healthy people in western countries. We tried to examine the relationship betweenhyperuricemia and MetS in an Iranian population undergoing coronary angiography. Materials and Methods: From March 2008 to September 2008, we studied 465 patients (260 men, 55.9%) unde...