OBJECTIVE To verify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in obese adolescents and its relationship with different body composition indicators. METHODS A cross-sectional study comprising 79 adolescents aged ten to 18 years old. The assessed body composition indicators were: body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, abdominal circumference, and subcutaneous fat. The met...

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...

Objective(s): Many cancer cells show significant resistance to drugs that kill drug sensitive cancer cells and non-tumor cells and such resistance might be a consequence of the difference in metabolism. Therefore, studying the metabolism of drug resistant cancer cells and comparison with drug sensitive and normal cell lines is the objective of this research. Material and Methods:Metabolism of c...

Recent studies identified the presence of a male polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), which mainly affects men whose female relatives are afflicted with PCOS, caused by genes responsible for the susceptibility of this syndrome in women. Similar hormonal, metabolic, and clinical alterations occurring in PCOS women have also been reported in their male relatives, suggesting a association between t...

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of interrelated metabolic factors such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, abdominal obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and a proinflammatory and prothrombotic state. It is a common cause of the development of atherosclerotic vascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Genetic predisposition and environmental factors such as physi...

objectives: the relation of metabolic syndrome components, insulin resistance and leptin has been studied in elderly women. methods & materials: in this cross sectional study, among 225 subjects≥60 year old who were residents of kahrizak charity foundation, 133 (56 men & 77 women) were selected by cluster random sampling. fasting serum tg, total cholesterol, hdl, and leptin levels were measured...

Metabolic Syndrome is an aggregate of conditions that together increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. The commonly accepted underlying risk factors for Metabolic Syndrome include insulin resistance and abdominal obesity. Poorly understood biological mechanisms link insulin resistance with the other metabolic risk factors. Confusion about Metabolic Syndrome ...