Background. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a collection of cardiovascular risk factors
comprising insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and hypertension, which may cause …

Background: The diabetic condition is influenced by several factors, some of which can
accelerate the disease's progression to various complications that aggravate the morbidity …

The cooccurrence of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome potentiates the
cardiovascular risk associated with each of the conditions; therefore characterizing …

Background: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of risk factors that is responsible for most
of the excess cardiovascular morbidity amongst persons with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) …

Abstract Background: Some Nigerian studies have reported cases of the metabolic
syndrome in the population. This study aims to assess the prevalence of the components of …

Background: Global prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and diabetes is increasing, but
the reference ranges for MS indices have yet to be established for sub-Saharan African …

Background: In most people with glucose intolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), there
is a multiple set of risk factors that commonly appear together forming what is now known as …

Background Over 70% of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) may have
metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence about the prevalence, clustering, and …

Background Adults with the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are twice as likely to die from and
three times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared with people without the …

Objective The objective of this study was to assess magnitude of metabolic syndrome and its
associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Ayder Comprehensive …