BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE there are few studies on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in European adolescent populations, and some have reported a higher prevalence in the Mediterranean basin area. Our objective was to examine the prevalence of MetS in adolescents in a Mediterranean city of Spain, comparing two different definitions of MetS and the associated risk factors. METHODS AND...

OBJECTIVES This research aimed to (i) determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components; (ii) assess factors associated with MetS, and (iii) define optimal ethnic-specific cutoffs of obesity- and atherogenic-based markers to predict MetS among postmenopausal women in rural Canton. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The Rural Canton Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study, a ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare four different criteria for diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MS) and to correlate sociodemographic data, liver enzymes, lipids, inflammation, and insulin resistance with MS definitions. METHODS This cross-sectional study included a random number of 126 African bank employees from Brazzaville, Congo. RESULTS THE PREVALENCE OF MS VARIED ACCO...

Insulin resistance syndrome was first described by Reaven [1] as the concomitant presence of abdominal adiposity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes mellitus and described this syndrome complex as syndrome X. Although researchers coined different terms to this syndrome complex [2,3], the term metabolic syndrome (MS) was coined by Adult Treatment Panel III -Nati...

Methods We conducted a cross-sectional non-interventional study on CHC patients evaluated in a tertiary hospital in Bucharest between December 2012-August 2013. We measured fasting serum lipids, glucose, liver transaminases, inflammatory proteins, and viral load. We calculated body-mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WTH). Cardiovascular risk was assessed with Framingham risk score, metabo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and related factors in bank employees in the city of Vitória/ES, Brazil. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that included 521 working men and women >20 years of age. Sociodemographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, biochemical, and hemodynamic characteristics were collected. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed using the criteria of th...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in infertile Iranian women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using the ATPIII criteria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 624 women with PCOS were enrolled at a tertiary referral center in Tehran, Iran, between April, 2012 and March, 2013. Diagnosis of MS was according to AT...

INTRODUCTION Prevalence of alcohol consumption is high in the general population and generates specific problems at the workplace. OBJECTIVE To establish benchmarks between levels of alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk variables and metabolic syndrome. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 7,644 workers of Spanish companies (2,828 females and 4,816 males). Alcohol consumption and its r...