the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (mes) in professional bus drivers, and its association with overtime working hours among those drivers in urmia, iran. in this cross sectional study the studies population was 626 professional bus drivers, aged 20-69 yr. the mes (according to thenational cholesterol educationprogram adult treatment panel iii), waist circ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its association with coronary artery disease (CAD) among an elderly urban population in south India. METHODS Individuals aged ≥60 years (n=222) were recruited from Phase 3 of the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study. Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, oral glucose tolerance test, lipids ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE The identification of metabolic syndrome (MS) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is of great importance, since those with MS carry a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors. This study evaluates suitable criteria with high efficiency in diagnosing MS and to identify the strongest predictors of MS in newly detected type 2 diabetes individuals. METHODS Newly detect...

objective: we determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in an urban population of jahrom, a city located in the south of iran. materials and methods: randomly selected subjects ≥30 years-old were studied using stratified sampling. target study sample was 892 (405 men and 487 women). metabolic syndrome was diagnosed using modified adult treatment panel guidelines when any three of the f...

background: some evidence, not in large study populations, suggests that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) and metabolic syndrome (mets) share common interactions. we aimed to determine the prevalence of nafld and mets in a large population registered to kavar cohort study center. we also assessed the role of each component of mets in nafld existence. methods: data were obtained from 341...

background: metabolic syndrome (ms) is highly significant due to its association to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. the purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of ms according to the report of the iranian national committee of obesity criteria (inco) versus adult treatment panel iii (atpiii) in babol, north of iran. methods: data obtained based on criteria atp iii from ...