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Diabetes Care 29:1456-1457, 2006
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0431
© 2006 by the American Diabetes Association
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Letters: Observations

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Rural Bangladeshi Women

M. Mostafa Zaman, MBBS, PHD1,2, Jasimuddin Ahmed, MD, PHD1,2, Sohel R. Choudhury, MBBS, PHD2, Sharkar Md. Numan, MBBS, MS2, Md. Sadequl Islam, MD2 and Kawsar Parvin, MBBS1,2

1 National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2 Ekhlaspur Center of Health, Chandpur, Bangladesh

Address correspondence to Dr. M. Mostafa Zaman, GPO Box 250, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. E-mail: zamanm@whoban.org

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The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) (1) defined metabolic syndrome as a presence of any three of the following (in women): 1) waist circumference >88 cm, 2) high triglycerides (≥150 mg/dl), 3) low HDL cholesterol (<50 mg/dl), 4) high blood pressure (≥130/85 mmHg or use of antihypertensive therapy), and 5) high fasting blood glucose (≥110 mg/dl). This clustering of risk factors in metabolic syndrome ultimately leads to diabetes and premature cardiovascular disease (2). It is imperative to identify individuals with metabolic syndrome early so that lifestyle interventions and treatment may prevent the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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