PURPOSE To identify the point prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia and to evaluate the association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia. PATIENTS AND METHODS Metabolic syndrome was assessed based on an updated definition derived from the modified National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP I...

BACKGROUND Patients with schizophrenia suffer high rates of metabolic derangements on some antipsychotic medications that predispose them to cardiovascular diseases. Keeping this fact in mind, we planned this open-label study to see the effect on various metabolic parameters after switching stable schizophrenia subjects, who had developed metabolic syndrome on olanzapine, to aripiprazole. MET...

OBJECTIVE Limited information is available about the metabolic syndrome in Asians. Furthermore, the definition of central obesity using waist circumference may not be appropriate for Asians. The objectives of this study were to determine the optimal waist circumference for diagnosing central obesity in Asians and to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in an Asian population. RES...

BACKGROUND The criteria for best defining the metabolic syndrome (MS), especially in the elderly population, are still little known, and the understanding is increasingly necessary. OBJECTIVE Compare the four MS definition proposals, two official ones (National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III/NCEP-ATPIII and International Diabetes Federation/IDF) and two proposed def...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to provide the first national estimate on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components and the first ethnic-specific cutoff point for waist circumference in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This national survey was conducted in 2007 on 3,024 Iranians aged 25-64 years living in urban and rural areas of all 30 p...

OBJECTIVES Describe the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, and its association with contemporary lifestyle factors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In 2004-2005, 4,296 subjects of the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort were evaluated, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) was assessed in 3,599 according to the NCEP-ATP III and IDF criteria. RESULTS Prevalence of MetS was 5.9% and 6.7% for NCEP-ATPIII and IDF, respectiv...

Resumo Objetivo Identificar a prevalência da síndrome metabólica e concordância entre os critérios do National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII) International Diabetes Federation (IDF) em pessoas vivendo com HIV. Métodos Estudo analítico transversal, realizado cinco serviços especializados município interior paulista, de 2014 2016, 340 Variáveis sociodemográf...

OBJECTIVES To determine, in a rural and urban population in Cameroon, the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) using three definitions and to assess the association between components of the MS, central obesity and HOMA insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) index. METHODS A representative sample of 1573 adults (638 rural, 935 urban) were interviewed on their personal medical history. Blood pressu...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence rates of obesity based on BMI/anthropometric measures, using WHO standard and ethnicity-specific criteria, the National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) definitions, among a migrant South Asian Indian population. DESIGN Cross-sectional study conducted in October 2007. SUB...