background: metabolic syndrome (mets) is a complex clustering cardiovascular risk factors such as abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia. it has been a growing health problem in iranian adults in recent decade. the objective of this article was to review the prevalence of mets and the corresponding risk factors among iranian adults.methods: we conducted a systematic review t...

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...

background the association between inflammatory markers and the combination of the smoking status plus a number of components of the metabolic syndrome was not fully evaluated in male japanese subjects. objectives to demonstrate the association between inflammatory markers and the number of components of the metabolic syndrome by considering smoking status. patients and methods a total of 3,017...

background: polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) is a condition associated with chronic anovulation, insulin resistance and androgen excess. women with this syndrome are at increased risk of metabolic syndrome. objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (mbs) in women with pcos referred to arash hospital in different ages and body mass index (bmi...

background : lifestyle is recognized as a key factor as the cause and management of the metabolic syndrome. the aim of this study was to identify individuals at increased cardiovascular diseases risk and determine main features of lifestyle of participants with metabolic syndrome via internet. methods : the study was conducted from jun 22 to august 22, 2012 in tehran, iran. recruitment was carr...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : an inverse association between serum adiponectin level and metabolic syndrome was seen in few studies. the aim of this study was to assess the association between serum adiponectin levels and metabolic syndrome in a sample of iranian women from kerman. methods : in a cross-sectional study 946 subjects were studied to determine the prevalen...

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...

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...