abstract：AIM:This study was designed to evaluate carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and serum osteoprotegerin (OPG) levels in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in comparison to healthy controls and to investigate factors predicting the CIMT increase. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 60 outpatients [median (min-max) a...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Ayaz T,Kirbas A,Durakoglugil T,Durakoglugil ME,Sahin SB,Sahin OZ,Kirvar A,Tasci F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between the metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis among elderly people remains controversial. We seek to investigate the associations of metabolic syndrome and its components with subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in older people living in rural China. METHODS:This cross-sect...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Yan Z,Liang Y,Jiang H,Cai C,Sun B,Qiu C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome is prevalent in adults characterized by increased visceral adiposity and insulin resistance (IR). However, the link between pancreatic β-cell function and metabolic syndrome severity in adults across the glucose spectrum is unknown. We hypothesized that poor β-cell function would independe...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Malin SK,Finnegan S,Fealy CE,Filion J,Rocco MB,Kirwan JP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that secretes a number of hormones and metabolically active substances that impact energy metabolism and insulin sensitivity. These inflammatory markers are collectively referred to as adipocytokines, or adipokines. Adipose tissue's functional capacity and metabolic activity vary a...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Rizvi AA,Nikolic D,Sallam HS,Montalto G,Rizzo M,Abate N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with morbid obesity have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Important risk factors include body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and insulin resistance. In this prospective study, we investigated if preoperative lifestyle changes followed by bariatric surgery could redu...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Nestvold TK,Nielsen EW,Lappegård KT

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the impact of below-average cardiovascular fitness and inactivity on the metabolic syndrome among an understudied population-undergraduate men and women, ages 18-24 years. METHODS:Between January, 2010, and May, 2012, we assessed anthropometric, bioch...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Morrell JS,Cook SB,Carey GB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postprandial hypertrygliceridemia is a known factor for cardiovascular disease and is often observed in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and visceral adiposity. Adiponectin is a hormone with antiatherogenic and anti-inflammatory effects, which decreases in obesity and T2DM subjects. The weight l...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Umeda LM,Pereira AZ,Carneiro G,Arasaki CH,Zanella MT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of the rs738409 polymorphism of patatin-like phospholipase-3 (PNPLA3) with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been suggested in other populations, but not in Asian Indians. We investigated the association of the rs738409 polymorphism of PNPLA3 with clinical, anthropometric, and bioc...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Bhatt SP,Nigam P,Misra A,Guleria R,Pandey RM,Pasha MA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports showed a high prevalence of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia among people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there is a lack of reviews that systematically analyze the relationship between PTSD and metabolic syndrome. We conducted a systematic revi...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Bartoli F,Carrà G,Crocamo C,Carretta D,Clerici M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High blood concentrations of inflammatory markers, including white blood cell (WBC) count, are closely related to the metabolic syndrome. Both conditions predict dismal survival. We determined prospective associations between mortality and factors derived by a factor analysis of WBC count and the basic compo...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Nilsson G,Hedberg P,Ohrvik J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concomitant supplementation of 1.5% docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3; DHA) with 0.5% t10, c12-conjugated linoleic acid (18:2 n-6; CLA) prevented the CLA-induced increase in expression of hepatic genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and the decrease in expression of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation. The...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Fedor DM,Adkins Y,Newman JW,Mackey BE,Kelley DS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unknown whether severe sarcopenia produces unfavorable effects on cardiovascular risk factors. To examine the influence of severe and moderate sarcopenia on selected cardiovascular risk factors, 687 men were screened; those exhibiting clinically relevant diseases and higher body fat percentage (>25% fa...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Abe T,Thiebaud RS,Loenneke JP,Bemben MG,Loftin M,Fukunaga T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this was to study the prevalence of diabetes in the rural adult population of Haryana, India. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:A total of 2606 adults aged ≥ 18 years were randomly selected from two rural blocks of Haryana State. Those without diabetes were subjected to a 75-gram oral glucose tolerance ...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Rajput R,Rajput M,Singh J,Bairwa M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A potentially atherogenic lipid profile often found in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) includes increased concentrations of small, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL) and decreased concentration of medium/large high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles. Exten...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Bays H,Giezek H,McKenney JM,O'Neill EA,Tershakovec AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased prevalence of overweight and obesity has reached alarming proportions worldwide and has serious health implications, including an association with an increase in metabolic syndrome. Among the methods to control metabolic syndrome, bariatric surgery plays an important role and can provide a sign...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Saboya C,Arasaki CH,Matos D,Lopes-Filho GJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are associated with hypertriglyceridemia, blacks with these conditions usually have normal triglyceride (TG) levels. This is often called a lipid paradox. More precisely, it is a "TG paradox." The pathways that lead to hypertriglyc...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Yu SS,Castillo DC,Courville AB,Sumner AE

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates ethnic disparities in metabolic syndrome in Malaysia. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Malaysia Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance-1 (2005/2006). Logistic regressions of metabolic syndrome health risks on sociodemographic and health-lifestyle factors were conducted using a mult...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Tan AK,Dunn RA,Yen ST

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, guidelines for obesity thresholds relating to metabolic risk in South African women have not been established. Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the level and diagnostic ability of obesity measures [waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and visceral adipose tissu...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Evans J,Micklesfield L,Jennings C,Levitt NS,Lambert EV,Olsson T,Goedecke JH

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), using the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III), European Group for the Study ...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Cubero JM,Domingo P,Sambeat M,Ordoñez-Llanos J,Rodriguez-Espinosa J,Sánchez-Quesada JL,Pérez A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components according to different criteria in the population of bank employees in St. Petersburg, Russia. METHODS:A total of 1,600 office workers were screened at their working places from the Sberbank state bank in St. Petersburg....

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Konradi AO,Rotar OP,Korostovtseva LS,Ivanenko VV,Solntcev VN,Anokhin SB,Bart VA,Shlyakhto EV

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is strongly associated to oxidative stress, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular risk. Hepatocytes overloaded with fatty acids (FA) could generate substances that interfere with endothelial function, providing a potential explanation for this association. We have in...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Soardo G,Donnini D,Domenis L,Catena C,De Silvestri D,Cappello D,Dibenedetto A,Carnelutti A,Bonasia V,Pagano C,Sechi LA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Background: Skeletal muscle adipose tissue (AT) infiltration, or myosteatosis, appears to be greater in African compared with European ancestry individuals and may play a role in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a disease that disproportionally affects African ancestry populations. Inflammation is o...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Miljkovic I,Kuipers AL,Kammerer CM,Wang X,Bunker CH,Patrick AL,Wheeler VW,Kuller LH,Evans RW,Zmuda JM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resistin is a peptide hormone secreted mainly from human monocytes and macrophages. It has an unclear association with the metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors such as glucose intolerance, central obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. We examined the as...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Malo E,Ukkola O,Jokela M,Moilanen L,Kähönen M,Nieminen MS,Salomaa V,Jula A,Kesäniemi YA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The association of metabolic syndrome with venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains uncertain. Moreover, the relevance of abdominal obesity as an independent or related risk factor for VTE in the metabolic syndrome cluster is controversial. We aimed to evaluate the impact of metabolic syndrome and its individu...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Vayá A,Martínez-Triguero ML,España F,Todolí JA,Bonet E,Corella D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to discover the association of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) with various risk factors for metabolic syndrome in an urban population of Karachi, Pakistan. METHOD:In this cross-sectional study, 337 healthy adults (108 males and 229 females, mean age 40.7 ± 14.2 y...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Riaz M,Fawwad A,Hydrie MZ,Basit A,Shera AS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that elevated levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT and AST) are associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, the pattern of this association in diabetic patients with negative or mild steatosis is not well understood. The aim of this study was ...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Esteghamati A,Noshad S,Khalilzadeh O,Khalili M,Zandieh A,Nakhjavani M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk of atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, often have mixed dyslipidemia, and may thus require more aggressive treatment of multiple lipid parameters. The objective of this investigation was to compare the treatment response of ezetimibe co-administered w...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Bays HE,Shah A,Macdonell G,Taggart WV,Gumbiner B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and prediabetes (or patients at risk for diabetes) have been increasing in epidemic proportions. Dyslipidemia and hypertension are cardiovascular risk factors frequently associated with diabetes and prediabetes. Bile acid sequestrants (BAS) were initially approved for the treatment of e...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Levy P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to evaluate the relative importance of the determinants of the metabolic syndrome in a sample with metabolic syndrome from the Greek population. METHODS:A random sample of 824 male (56 ± 11 years) and 1,199 female (58 ± 10 years) subjects with metabolic syndrome [National Cholestero...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Chimonas T,Karagiannis A,Athyros VG,Achimastos A,Elisaf M,Panagiotakos DB,Assessing The Treatment Effect in Metabolic Syndrome Without Perceptible diabeTes (ATTEMPT) Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed 17 middle-aged and older individuals (58.0 +/- 7.9 years, 7 females) at risk for cardiovascular disease regarding: (1) Whether carotid artery stiffness (cAS) would be reduced with a 1-year lifestyle modification program, (2) to what degree cAS would return following washout (mean of 26.9 +/- 4.0 months) fr...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Aizawa K,Shoemaker JK,Overend TJ,Petrella RJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of metabolic syndrome with coronary artery disease (CAD) has been studied extensively. However, little is known about the effect of Framingham risk score (FRS) and metabolic syndrome components on the association of metabolic syndrome with angiographically significant CAD. Our aim was to inve...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Konstantinou DM,Chatzizisis YS,Louridas GE,Giannoglou GD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate insulin sensitivity and secretion in lean and obese Asian (Thai) type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS:Insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion was assessed with the hyperinsulinemic euglycemic (80 mU/m(2) per min) and hyperglycemic clamp technique in 9 lean and 10 obes...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Suraamornkul S,Kwancharoen R,Ovartlarnporn M,Rawdaree P,Bajaj M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Niacin increases blood glucose, but whether the degree of increase is associated with increasing body mass index (BMI) is unknown. We evaluated the effect of extended-release niacin initiation on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and the development of new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM) in relation to body mass ind...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Libby A,Meier J,Lopez J,Swislocki AL,Siegel D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A clustering of metabolic risk factors increases the likelihood of cardiovascular diseases. This study reports the metabolic risk profiles and the prevalence of metabolic risk factors and associated factors among Vietnamese adults in Ho Chi Minh City. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out in a rep...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Trinh OT,Nguyen ND,Phongsavon P,Dibley MJ,Bauman AE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this study was to estimate basal insulin resistance (IR) and insulin secretion (IS) in Nigerians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS:The homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) method was used to estimate basal IR and IS in 146 Nigerians with T2DM and in 33 controls at the University of Nige...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Oli JM,Adeyemo AA,Okafor GO,Ofoegbu EN,Onyenekwe B,Chukwuka CJ,Onwasigwe CN,Ufelle S,Chen G,Rotimi CN

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a combination of potent antiretroviral agents, including protease inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, has impacted positively on morbidity and mortality among human immu...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Anuurad E,Semrad A,Berglund L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the influence of moderate-intensity (50% of VO(2peak)) exercise training (MI) versus high-intensity (75% of VO(2peak)) exercise training (HI) on regional fat distribution and plasma adiponectin, we randomized 18 overweight (body mass index [BMI] = 30 +/- 1 kg/m(2)) elderly (71 +/- 1 years) to HI, MI, or a c...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Coker RH,Williams RH,Kortebein PM,Sullivan DH,Evans WJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with insulin resistance (IR) have a higher prevalence of thyroid nodules. In the present study, we present original data showing that patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) also have a higher frequency of IR. METHODS:Twenty women with DTC (group 1, G1) and 20 euthyroid individuals (co...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Rezzónico JN,Rezzónico M,Pusiol E,Pitoia F,Niepomniszcze H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that a continuous intake of a catechin beverage will reduce body fat. Traditionally, improvement of eating and exercise habits has been the basis for prevention and reduction of obesity. In this study, we conducted a trial involving human subjects who ingested a catechin beverage for 1 y...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Yoneda T,Shoji K,Takase H,Hibi M,Hase T,Meguro S,Tokimitsu I,Kambe H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to develop age- and sex-specific reference values for body mass index (BMI), percentage body fat (%BF), waist circumference, waist-to-hip circumference ratio, and triceps and subscapular skinfold thicknesses for 14- to 18-year-old urban Asian Indians and to develop BMI cut-off points using specific...

journal_title：Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

authors： Pandey RM,Madhavan M,Misra A,Kalaivani M,Vikram NK,Dhingra V

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00