The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) released initial guidelines in 1988 (ATP I), followed by ATP II in 1993 and ATP III in 2001. In ATP I and II, treatment recommendations and goals of therapy for secondary prevention are similar. However, ATP III established a more aggressive approach for both secondary prevention and higher risk primary-prevention pat...

The responses of group III and IV triceps surae muscle afferents to intra-arterial injection of alpha,beta-methylene ATP (50 microg/kg) was examined in decerebrate cats. We found that this P2X(3) agonist stimulated only three of 18 group III afferents but 7 of 9 group IV afferents (P < 0.004). The three group III afferents stimulated by alpha,beta-methylene ATP conducted impulses below 4 m/s. P...

The World Health Organization (WHO), National Cholesterol Education Program Adults Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) have proposed different criteria to diagnose metabolic syndrome (MetS). However, there is no single definition to accurately diagnose MetS. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of MetS using WHO, NCEP ATP III and I...

background and objectives: the association between metabolic syndrome (mets) and hyperuricemia has been formerly studied mostly in healthy people in western countries. we tried to examine the relationship betweenhyperuricemia and mets in an iranian population undergoing coronary angiography. materials and methods: from march 2008 to september 2008, we studied 465 patients (260 men, 55.9%) unde...

(1) Background: Metabolic syndrome is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease thus the objective study was to verify prevalence metabolic in farmers, as well association with sociodemographic, work and lifestyle factors. (2) Methods: Cross-sectional, observational study, conducted 790 individuals. For diagnosis syndrome, National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III (N...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATP III) in identifying insulin resistance. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This study included 74 nondiabetic Caucasians who were evaluated for insulin resistance and risk factors ...

conclusions there is a high prevalence of mets in the iranian adult population, with large variations based on different measurement criteria. therefore, prevention and control of mets should be considered a priority. objectives this study systematically reviewed the findings of all available studies on mets in the adult iranian population and estimated the overall prevalence of mets in this po...

We report herein the G-quadruplex-selective property of a luminescent cyclometallated iridium(III) complex for the detection of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) in aqueous solution. The ATP-binding aptamer was employed as the ATP recognition unit, while the iridium(III) complex was used to monitor the formation of the G-quadruplex structure induced by ATP. The sensitivity and fold enhancement of...

The beta sliding clamp encircles DNA and enables processive replication of the Escherichia coli genome by DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. The clamp loader, gamma complex, assembles beta around DNA in an ATP-fueled reaction. Previous studies have shown that gamma complex opens the beta ring and also interacts with DNA on binding ATP. Here, a rapid kinetic analysis demonstrates that gamma complex ...