background the association between inflammatory markers and the combination of the smoking status plus a number of components of the metabolic syndrome was not fully evaluated in male japanese subjects. objectives to demonstrate the association between inflammatory markers and the number of components of the metabolic syndrome by considering smoking status. patients and methods a total of 3,017...

metabolic syndrome is a chronic low-grade inflammation condition which is associated with central obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and hypertension. inflammation in metabolic syndrome is not only associated with elevated serum inflammatory markers, such as c-reactive protein (crp), but also, is associated with low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue and releasing of adipokines. higher...

background: the aim of this study was to examine the interaction of dietary food groups and genetic variants of apoa1/apoc3, relative to metabolic syndrome (mets) risk in adults. methods: in this matched nested case-control study, 414 mets subjects and 414 controls were selected from among participants of tehran lipid and glucose study. dietary intake was assessed with the use of a valid and re...

patients with organic acidemia are prone to different infections, which lead to acidosis episodes. some studies have evaluated the status of immune system in acidotic phase in these patients, but to the best of our knowledge no study has evaluated the immune system in non-acidotic phase of the disease. in this study, thirty-one patients with organic acidemia were enrolled. for evaluation of hum...

introduction: metabolic syndrome constitutes a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, hyperglycemia,  hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type ii diabetes mellitus. in this review article, we aimed to discuss the possible effects of fasting and regular physical activity on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  methods: online databases i...

conclusions there is a relationship between depression and metabolic syndrome. results seventeen studies were analyzed with a sample size of 31880 people. analysis by the type of studies showed that the relationship between the two variables in cross-sectional studies (or = 1.51, ci 95% = 1.36 - 1.68) and cohort studies (or = 1.6, ci 95% = 1.23 - 2.08) was significant. in general, the heterogen...

in fermented products containing bifidobacteria, factors such as organic acid concentration and b-galactosidase activity are important in the development of flavor and texture of final products. both the process conditions and medium components have significant effects on fluctuation of such factors. the effects of whey permeate powder and yeast extract concentrations, as nitrogen sources was i...

conclusions our findings indicated a lower level of both omentin-1 and igf-1 in women with mets; this might play a role in the pathogenesis of mets. furthermore, the main finding of the current investigation was the association between omentin, visfatin and igf-1; however determining the molecular mechanism of the observed relationships needs further studies. results significantly lower levels ...

background: this study aimed to establish a comprehensive screening and referral system for chronic non-communicable diseases (cncd) in the routine primary health care, and to determine the prevalence of diabetes, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and dyslipidemia in adult population invited by public announcement to the health clinics in isfahan, iran. methods: this survey was conducted from m...

objective: oxidative stress is involved in the pathophysiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications of metabolic syndrome. the main objective of this study was to evaluate total antioxidant status by diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (dpph)-scavenging activity in patients developed metabolic syndrome (mets). materials and methods: forty-four patients with mets diagnosed on the basis of adult treat...