The presence of the metabolic syndrome, a clustering of metabolic risk factors closely associated with abdominal obesity, is accompanied by an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is now generally accepted that insulin resistance together with abdominal obesity are key features in the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome. As a resul...

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a disorder which is composed of several metabolic abnormalities: glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, obesity and hypertension. PCOS which is characterized by menstrual irregularities and hyperandrogenism, is a common endocrinological disorder in female reproductive age. The prevalence of the syndrome is 5-10%. Insulin resistance is a common feature of the PCOS (...

Introduction Studies in adult psychiatric patients consistently call attention to premature mortality and its association with metabolic syndrome. However, the utility of syndrome construct is controversial older adults general population, since literature shows that some components, such as obesity, can be protective against mortality. In mental illness, only one study explored relation betwee...

AIM The aim of this study is to survey the effect of Helicobacter Pylori on metabolic syndrome parameters in diabetic patients. BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is the most common infection in developing countries. Some studies showed the association between HP infection and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is a major mechanism in the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS...

BACKGROUND The utility of metabolic syndrome (MetS) for predicting mortality among older adults, the highest-risk population, is not well established. In addition, few studies have compared the predictive utility of MetS to that of its individual risk factors. METHODS We evaluated relationships of MetS (as defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evalua...