objective(s): nowadays, cardiovascular diseases (cvds) are the major risk factors of death globally. one of the most undeniable reasons of cvds is metabolic syndrome (mets). mets is defined as a complex of diseases including insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, obesity, high blood pressure and dyslipidemia. the use of complementary medicine such as traditional herbal species can be effective in t...

nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is one of the aspects of metabolic syndrome (mets). due to the increase of mets in iran, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of nafld, its potential predictors and their sex distribution in north of iran, amol.in 2008 this population based cross-sectional study included 5023 adult individuals who were randomly selected from amol healthca...

purpose: to investigate the relationship between neck circumferences and cardiovascular risk   factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome.   materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with acute coronary syndrome   in kerman hospitals were assessed by measuring their neck circumference and risk factors of   cardiovascular disease. the data were analyzed by student t -...

background: a hypothesis has been presented about the role of serum iron, ferritin and transferrin saturation among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) and resistance to insulin (metabolic syndrome [mets]), but there is much controversy. this study aimed at investigating the level of serum iron and demographic characteristics in patients with nafld with or without mets. meth...

background: ratio of second and fourth digit (2d:4d) is known to be germane in analyzing utero concentrations of testosterone and estrogen in human and other vertebrates. 2d:4d had been linked several traits like athletes’ abilities, reproductive success, risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease (cvd). metabolic syndrome (mets) is a clustering of several cardiovascular risk factors. waist ci...

background: metabolic syndrome (ms) is the syndrome closely related to cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors. few prospective studies have compared the impact of dynamic changes of ms on the development of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). methods: overall, 3461 subjects were recruited from a cohort study on prevention of multiple metabolic disorders and ms in jiangsu of china (pmmjs) with a f...

the energy boom of the last decade has led to rapidly increasing wealth in the middle east, particularly in the oil and gas-rich gulf cooperation council (gcc) countries. this exceptional growth in prosperity has brought with it rapid changes in lifestyles that have resulted in a significant rise in chronic disease. in particular the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased dramat...

conclusion primary and secondary prevention of cad including life style modifications and dietary interventions strongly recommended in iranian population. results the prevalence of cad, coronary risk factors and metabolic syndrome in iran is higher than western countries and similar to some middle east countries. there are limited data with regard to novel coronary risk factors in iran. method...

conclusion the prevalence of nafld in this group of iranian adult general population is 21.5%. nafld in iranian population is associated with male gender, old age, obesity, and features of metabolic syndrome. results 819 subjects were included in this study among which were 340 males (41.5%) and 479 females (58.5%) with the mean age of 43.1 ± 14.1 years. nafld was diagnosed in 176 (21.5%) subje...