Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome diagnosed using three different definitions and risk of ischemic heart disease among Kaunas adult population.

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome diagnosed using three different definitions and to evaluate its associations with ischemic heart disease in Kaunas adult population. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Data of preventive screening carried out in Kaunas in 2001-2002 according to the MONICA study protocol were used for analysis; a total of 1336 persons aged 35-64 years (603 men and 733 women) were recruited.

[Changes in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and smoking habits during a 10-year period and relation between these risk factors and ischemic heart disease among men aged 45-64 years].

Unlabelled: The aim of this work was to compare the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and smoking habits during a 10-year period and to evaluate the association between metabolic syndrome and smoking habits, and ischemic heart disease among Kaunas men aged 45-64 years.

Material And Methods: In this study, we have used data from two epidemiological studies, which had been carried out according to the MONICA study protocol (359 men aged 45-64 years were enrolled in 1992-1993 and 408 men aged 45-64 years - in 2001-2002). The association between metabolic syndrome and smoking habits, and ischemic heart disease was established according to the data of 2001-2002 years.

[Association of metabolic syndrome and oxidative stress with ischemic heart disease in middle-aged persons].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of metabolic syndrome and oxidative stress with ischemic heart disease in middle-aged persons (men and women aged 45-64 years).

Material And Methods: In this study, we have used data of 533 persons (247 men and 286 women) aged 45-64 years from Kaunas population cohort investigated according to WHO MONICA study protocol during 2001-2002 in whom concentrations of malondialdehyde, a marker of lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant vitamin E in blood serum were determined. Metabolic syndrome was defined by the criteria of Adult Treatment Panel III.

Relation between cataract and metabolic syndrome and its components.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of cataract in the middle-aged urban population and the relation between cataract and metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome components.

Methods: The survey was carried out in Kaunas City, Lithuania, from 2001 to 2002, according to WHO MONICA study protocol. The ophthalmologic investigation was performed for 1282 respondents (573 men and 709 women) aged 35-64 years.

Hypercholesterolemia and smoking habits of Lithuanian military personnel.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, namely, hypercholesterolemia and current smoking, among 25- to 54-year-old men and women among Lithuanian active duty military personnel.

Methods: Serum cholesterol levels were measured enzymatically for 200 persons (126 men and 74 women). Interviews regarding smoking habits were performed for 82.