Congestive heart failure is characterized by sympathetic activation, which has also been described in the metabolic syndrome. No information exists, however, as to whether the sympathostimulating effects of these 2 conditions summate when heart failure is complicated by the metabolic syndrome, leading to an exceedingly high adrenergic drive. This is clinically relevant, because in heart failure...

Background—Individuals with the metabolic syndrome are 3 times more likely to die of heart disease than healthy counterparts. Exercise training reduces several of the symptoms of the syndrome, but the exercise intensity that yields the maximal beneficial adaptations is in dispute. We compared moderate and high exercise intensity with regard to variables associated with cardiovascular function a...

conclusions adherence to the meddiet, according to mds and sofi-mds, may not predict mets components and mets incidence after 3 years of follow-up in iranian adult populations. results after adjusting for potential confounders, neither higher mds nor higher sofi-mds were significantly associated with the mean values of mets components and the risk of metabolic abnormalities incidence after 3 ye...

introduction: transient hyperglycemia is a condition that happens during acute physiologic stress in children.  the aim of this study is to determine if there is any relation between stress hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in pediatric patients.   materials and methods:  the study was performed on children hospitalized in amirkola pediatric hospital, north of iran, bet...

background and purpose: the increased risk for cognitive defects in individuals affected by metabolic syndrome especially in those patients with cardiovascular disorders is now claimed. we aimed to assess the relationship between cognitive performance and the various components of metabolic syndrome. methods: one hundred and eighteen consecutive individuals aged 30 to 86 years were included int...

objective vitamin e is a major lipid-soluble antioxidant. it has been demonstrated that vitamin e supplementation has a beneficial effect against coronary heart disease (chd). this study to investigate the effects of coronary risk factors on serum vitamin e status in patients with dyslipidaemia. materials and methods this tertiary care hospital; case - control study was comprised 237 dyslipidae...

background: although the relationship between foods and nutrients with metabolic syndrome is known to some extent, the study of dietary patterns and their relationship with metabolic syndrome have more benefits than the relationship is exclusively one or more micronutrients. so, this study was carried out to determine the relation between western dietary patterns with metabolic syndrome in khor...