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

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

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) …

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 …

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 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: 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 …

AIM: Metabolic syndrome defined by International cut-off values are limited to detect people
at high cardiometabolic risk in Central Africans in comparison with metabolic syndrome …

Background. Metabolic syndrome is one of the leading global public health and clinical
challenges, with increasing prevalence figures ranging from 10% to as high as 84%. There …

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its associated risks remain
unappreciated in Bamboutos Division, west region of Cameroon. This study aimed to …