The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and the Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) have both developed software packages with the capability to verify model forecasts using several verification methods. NCEP employs both the NCEP Verification System (NVS) and the Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Verification System (QVS), while the DTC uses the Model Evaluation Tools (...

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) places individuals at increased risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Prevalence rates of the population of the MetSyn are still scarce. Moreover, the impact of different definitions of the MetSyn on the prevalence is unclear. Aim here is to assess the prevalence of the MetSyn in primary health care and to investigate the impact of four ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Type 2 diabetes is becoming epidemic and several studies have shown that diabetes is associated with increased co-morbidities and impaired functional health in the general adult population. Type 2 diabetes is one of the co-morbidities associated with metabolic syndrome that carries with it increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. The purpose of this study is...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular risk. Limited information on its prevalence in Latin America is available. The Cardiovascular Risk Factor Multiple Evaluation in Latin America (CARMELA) study included assessment of metabolic syndrome in 7 urban Latin American populations. METHODS CARMELA was a cross-sectional, population-based, observational study conducted in Barquisime...

OBJECTIVE Family physicians have the potential to make a major impact on reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease through the optimal assessment and management of hyperlipidemia. We were interested in assessing the knowledge, beliefs, and self-reported practice patterns of a representative sample of family physicians regarding the assessment and management of hyperlipidemia 2 years after t...

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in an urban Indian diabetic population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 5088 type 2 diabetes patients (2908 men and 2180 women) presenting to endocrinology clinics at four centers across Mumbai (a large metropolitan city in India) were selected for the study. Anthropometric (waist circumference), clinical (blood pressure) a...

Gridded climate products (GCPs) provide a potential source for representing weather in remote, poor quality or short-term observation regions. The accuracy of three long-term GCPs (Asian Precipitation—Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration towards Evaluation of Water Resources: APHRODITE, Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Network-Climate D...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the predictive ability of the National Cholesterol Education Panel (NCEP), revised NCEP (NCEP-R), and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) metabolic syndrome criteria for mortality risk, and to examine the effects of waist circumference on mortality within the context of these criteria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The sample included 20,78...

Dr Kwiterovich: The new NCEP [National Cholesterol Education Program] guidelines were introduced more than a year ago. Have these guidelines changed the way physicians think about preventing coronary artery disease? Dr McKenney: Yes, I believe we’ve seen a fundamental change in how physicians approach treatment. The overall prevention approach embodied in ATP [Adult Treatment Panel] I and II em...