Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents is increasing, in parallel with the increasing trends in obesity rates. Varying definitions of this syndrome have hindered the development of a consensus for the diagnostic criteria in the pediatric population. While pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome is not completely understood, insulin resistance and subsequent inflammation are tho...

OBJECTIVES Metabolic syndrome and diabetes prevalence varies according to chosen definition, as well as with the geographical and ethnical group. No studies are available in Portuguese patients with suspected coronary artery disease. We analysed metabolic syndrome and diabetes prevalence in this specific population and compared definitions. METHODS The study included 300 patients, with a mean...

I n 2005, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the Japanese Committee for the Diagnostic Criteria of Metabolic Syndrome (Japanese definition) proposed metabolic syndrome definitions for the Japanese population (1,2). Both definitions included waist circumference as an essential component and adopted cut points of 85 cm for men and 90 cm for women based on the relationship between wai...

OBJECTIVE The clinical value of metabolic syndrome is uncertain. Thus, we examined cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes risk prediction by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)-Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII), International Diabetes Federation, and World Health Organization definitions of the metabolic syndrome. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed the risks associated ...

background:the current study aimed at evaluating the association between thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh) level in upper normal limits with metabolic syndrome, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its components according to adult treatment panel iii of national cholesterol education program. methods: the current cross sectional study recruited 82 patients with euthyroid over...

objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cranberry extract on some components of metabolic syndrome. patients and methods in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial, 48 obese and overweight females diagnosed with ms were assigned into two groups to receive cranberry supplement or placebo for an eight-week period. serum glucose, lipoproteins, inflammato...