UNLABELLED BACKGROUND There are limited data on the prevalence rate of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) among college students attending any Historically Black College and University (HBCU), which are mostly attended by young African Americans (AA). We report the prevalence and gender differences in the components of MetS in a sample population from an HBCU campus. METHODS Three hundred and seven...

The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency metabolic syndrome according two definitions: NCEP-ATP III and IDF 2005 analyze their differences in a population Marrakech, Morocco. carried out at Ibn Zohr hospital Marrakech. body mass index (BMI) calculated assess degree obesity each subject. blood parameters were measured by an appropriate biochemistry automaton. diagnosis made defin...

Objective: It has been established that metabolic syndrome is prevalent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The objective of this study was to investigate the effect at baseline on new-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD) SLE. Methods: demographic and lupus-related clinical variables 229 SLE were collected from Korean Lupus Network (KORNET) registry. Metabolic defined by modified...

OBJECTIVE Determining agreement between three definitions of metabolic syndrome (MS) in hypertensive Colombian patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study of 323 hypertensive patients from Cartagena, Colombia, was designed. A medical history was compiled; waist circumference, serum lipids and fasting serum glucose were recorded. MS prevalence was compared by using by the definitions p...

is a clustering of interrelated risk factors that identify individuals at increased risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Insulin resistance is believed to be the major underlying metabolic abnormality. The incidence of the MetSyn increases with age, affecting more than 40% of those older than 60 years in the United States. About a quarter of the adult population of the ...

The objective of the study was to examine the differences in gender and age prevalences of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among adult Qatari population according to the revised criteria of NCEP ATP III and IDF, assess which component contributed to the higher prevalence of the MetS and identify the characteristics of the subjects with MetS. The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The surv...