OBJECTIVE From the emergence of different definitions of metabolic syndrome (MS) we aim to determine the prevalence of such a condition among hypertensive Saudi population and to identify which definition can best assess the risk of hyperhomocysteinemia, coronary heart disease (CHD), and diabetes mellitus. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we studied 581 hypertensive Saudis, aged 21-70, ...

BACKGROUND In HIV-infected patients, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is associated with clinical lipodystrophy (CL) and metabolic abnormalities (MA). This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components, and to determine whether patients with or without CL had a different prevalence of MA. METHODS We evaluated 345 HIV-infected patients on cAR...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE there are few studies on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in European adolescent populations, and some have reported a higher prevalence in the Mediterranean basin area. Our objective was to examine the prevalence of MetS in adolescents in a Mediterranean city of Spain, comparing two different definitions of MetS and the associated risk factors. METHODS AND...

OBJECTIVES This research aimed to (i) determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components; (ii) assess factors associated with MetS, and (iii) define optimal ethnic-specific cutoffs of obesity- and atherogenic-based markers to predict MetS among postmenopausal women in rural Canton. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The Rural Canton Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study, a ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare four different criteria for diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MS) and to correlate sociodemographic data, liver enzymes, lipids, inflammation, and insulin resistance with MS definitions. METHODS This cross-sectional study included a random number of 126 African bank employees from Brazzaville, Congo. RESULTS THE PREVALENCE OF MS VARIED ACCO...

Insulin resistance syndrome was first described by Reaven [1] as the concomitant presence of abdominal adiposity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes mellitus and described this syndrome complex as syndrome X. Although researchers coined different terms to this syndrome complex [2,3], the term metabolic syndrome (MS) was coined by Adult Treatment Panel III -Nati...

در این پژوهش، برای نخستین بار کشور، جداسازی لیزری ایزوتوپ C13 از راه گسست چندفوتونی ایزوتوپ- گزین مولکول‌های گاز HCl2CF مقیاس آزمایشگاهی به انجام رسید. کار، تپ‌های یک لیزر 2TEA CO کوک‌پذیر که با برش­گر پلاسمایی کوتاه‌سازی شده‌اند، شاریدگی 2J/cm 50 درون اتاقک تابش‌دهی کانونی شدند. تابش‌‌دهی نیز فشار mbar 10-20 نسبت‌های HCl: He2CF برابر 1:5 و 1:10 پر شده بود. نشان داده شد فراوانی فرآورده‌ی 4F2C ک...