background: the metabolic syndrome (mes) is associated with a high risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome as well as cut-off points for waist circumference (wc) for diagnosis of mes in zahedan, southeast iran. methods: totally, 1802 people (735 men and 1067 women) with metabolic syndrome were surveyed a...

abstractintroduction: athough a controversial issue, the metabolic syndrome (ms) is known to by be related to certain genetic and lifestyle factors such as hypertension. the object of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of ms and its association to hypertension among diabetic patients with and without hypertension, in the fatemeh zahra hospital in najafabad, iran. materials and methods: th...

background: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection is a major cause of chronic gastritis, especially in metabolic syndrome patients. the use of a accessible and easy diagnostic method, can speed up the treatment of this infection this study compared two methods of histology and serology for diagnosis of h. pylori in metabolic syndrome patients. methods : this study was done on 175 metabolic ...

background: it has been shown that life style modification may decrease the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, but this intervention has not been reported in community setting. objectives effect of lifestyle modification on prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components were assessed in an urban population. materials and methods: in 6870 participants of tehran lipid and glucose study aged 2...

polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos), or stein-leventhal syndrome, is a common endocrine disorder defined by two of the three following features: i) oligoovulation or anovulation, ii) clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism, or iii) polycystic ovaries, once the related endocrinological and gynaecological disorders have been excluded. pcos does not exclusively involve the reproductive ...

background: tumor lysis syndrome caused by widespread tumor cell damage may lead to electrolyte imbalances and express as metabolic disturbance causing clinical abnormalities. patients and methods: all patients younger than 16 years with documented malignancy candidate for chemotherapy, in hamedan province of iran were enrolled. results: out of 69 cancer patients the laboratory form of tumor ly...

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most prevailing type of progressive hair loss. Thus far, some previous studies have investigated the correlation between AGA and metabolicsyndrome (MetS). However, due to the inconsistency of their results, our study aims at evaluating the association between AGA and MetS.Methods: Fifty two male patient...

Introduction The prevalence of obesity and metabolic disease continues to increase from year to year in the US adult population (1) and generates an immense burden on quality of life and healthcare expenditures (2). More ominously, the rate of childhood obesity has increased in parallel with adult obesity, resulting in pediatric patients presenting with diseases traditionally associated with ad...

in the 1980’s, medium-chain acyl-coa dehydrogenase deficiency (mcadd) was first described in the literature as three children who presented with coma, hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, and fatty liver while fasting. these symptoms while similar to reye’s syndrome, were found to be due to an inability to metabolize medium chain fatty acids during fasting periods. fatty acids are utilized by the body...

cardiotoxicity is one of the most important adverse event related to anthracycline therapy and can lead in about 1-5% of cases to the occurrence of heart failure. in a higher percentage of patients treated with these drugs asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction can occur, so that guidelines recommend a strict clinical and echocardiographic monitoring. however, the occurrence of left ventricu...