background: metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (cvd) and  type 2 diabetes. the most important strategy for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome is lifestyle and nutritional changes. the aim of this review study was to survey the role of pistachio in metabolic syndrome. materials and methods: web of science databases and google scholar were searched usi...

Common alimentary obesity frequently occurs on a polygenic basis as a typical lifestyle disorder in the developed countries. It is associated with characteristic complex metabolic changes, which are the cornerstones for future metabolic syndrome development. The aims of our study were 1) to determine the incidence of metabolic syndrome (based on the diagnostic criteria defined by the Internatio...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of health problems that set the stage for serious health conditions and places individuals at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke. The worldwide prevalence of MS in the adult population is on the rise and Bangladesh is no exception. According to some epidemiological study, MS is highly prevalent in Bangladesh and has increas...

This is a cross-sectional study seeking to identify the factors associated with metabolic syndrome in administrative workers of an oil company. A total of 1,387 workers were examined, including their anthropometric and biochemical data, lifestyle, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Metabolic syndrome was defined in accordance with the First Set of Brazilian Guidelines for the Diagno...

metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent in type 2 diabetics and is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in such patients. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to the three criteria of atpiii, idf and the new criteria for metabolic syndrome diagnosis in kerman, iran. this cross-sectional study was performed on 950 diabetic type 2 patien...

Rationale: There are no data evaluating the association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and C- reactive protein (CRP) with epicardial fat tissue thickness (EFTT) in elderly metabolic syndrome (MS) patients. In this study, we tried investigate relationship EFTT CRP NLR patients over 65 years.

AIM Metabolic syndrome (MS) comprises a constellation of various metabolic abnormalities, but insulin resistance is considered the basis of the syndrome. The relationship of plasma fibrinogen with MS and insulin resistance remains inconclusive. The aim of this study was to assess whether plasma fibrinogen levels were associated with MS and insulin resistance in a rural population of China. ME...

INTRODUCTION The role of metabolic syndrome (MS) in hemodialysis population has not been thoroughly studied. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of MS and to identify its correlates among hemodialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients in a hemodialysis center. The MS was defined according the Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Clini...