background: the aim of this study was to assess the association between insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in chinese adults. methods: fifty five subjects with nafld and 55 controls were enrolled for the study. waist circumference, blood pressure, plasma triglyceride, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and fasting plasma glucose concentrations ...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are a major family of detoxification enzymes which possess a wide range of substrate specificities. interest in insect gsts has primarily focused on their role in insecticide resistance. in this study, following world health organization (who) routine susceptibility test, dna was extracted from specimens of anopheles stephensi collected from the kazeroon distri...

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...

background: to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (mets) in young chinese population and assess the as­sociation between homa-ir and different components of mets in young chinese men. methods: overall 5576 young chinese subjects (age range [19-44 yr], 3636 men) were enrolled in, who visited our health care center for a related health checkup from march to december 2008. the intern...

background: the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (homa-ir) is a useful model for application at large epidemiologic studies. the aim of this study was to determine the homa cut off values to identify insulin resistance (ir) and metabolic syndrome (ms) in qazvin, central iran. methods: overall, 480 men and 502 women aged 20-72 yr attended in this cross sectional study from sept...

conclusions our new metabolic conditioning supplement, whether given pre- or postoperatively, led to better perioperative glycemic control and decreased postsurgical wound infections in non-diabetic patients. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a new conditioning supplement on perioperative metabolic stress and clinical outcomes in non-diabetic patients. patient...

diet as a part of lifestyle plays a pivotal role in the development of metabolic syndrome and its consequences. fatty acid composition as a part of dietary intake affects blood fatty acid concentrations, insulin sensitivity and different metabolic pathways associated with the occurrence and consequences of the metabolic syndrome. the aim of this review is to evaluate the effects of dietary fatt...

conclusions it can be concluded that mets may increase the risk of gerd. consequently, there might be potential benefits to treating the metabolic abnormalities in these patients. context the incidences of both gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) and metabolic syndrome (mets) have increased in recent years, and it has been suggested that there is a probable association between the two. the a...

introduction: transient hyperglycemia is a condition that happens during acute physiologic stress in children.  the aim of this study is to determine if there is any relation between stress hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in pediatric patients.   materials and methods:  the study was performed on children hospitalized in amirkola pediatric hospital, north of iran, bet...

Background: Chemerin is and adipokine produced and secreted by adipose tissue and is associated with functions such as insulin resistance, inflammation, and blood pressure regulation. The purpose of the present study was the determination of serum chemerin level in an Iranian population with metabolic syndrome and its comparison with healthy individuals. Materials and Methods: The study subj...