BackgroundMetabolic syndrome (MetS) is an aggregation of risk factors associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and all-cause mortality. Information on MetS prevalence is scarce in the northeast region, Brazil. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of MetS according to different diagnostic criteria in a community sample of men during the November Blue Campaign living in the metropolitan area of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional study on 500 men aged 40 years or older invited by the Blue November Campaign of 2015, an awareness program aimed at the prevention of male diseases. The evaluation included blood pressure, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, and waist circumference), fasting blood glucose, and blood lipid profile. The diagnosis of MetS was made according to the criteria of International Diabetes Federation (IDF)/American Heart Association (AHA)/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), IDF, and National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATPIII).ResultsThe prevalence was high by considering the following three criteria: IDF/AHA/NHLBI (66.8%), IDF (60.0%), and NCEP-ATPIII (46.4%). Concordance between diagnostic criteria measured by the kappa statistic (k) was excellent between IDF/AHA/NHLBI and IDF (k=0.85, P<0.0001) and moderate between IDF/AHA/NHLBI and NCEP-ATPIII (k=0.59) and IDF and NCEP-ATPIII (k=0.54).ConclusionPrevalence of MetS in the male population was high using the three diagnostic criteria. IDF/AHA/NHLBI and IDF criteria have a high level of agreement, but NCEP-ATPIII criteria identify a lower number of MetS cases.

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É urgente a construção de políticas públicas que atendam as demandas de mitigação da degradação ambiental, recuperação de biomas, segurança alimentar e paz social no campo. A agricultura familiar é forte aliada na reversão desses processos deletérios que afetam a todos sem exceção, mas para isso políticas públicas apropriadas, de fácil acesso e que contribuam efetivamente para reverter esses processos são urgentes. Este artigo tem como objetivo descrever a construção das propostas de duas políticas públicas intituladas, Defeso da Caatinga e ECOTEC para transferência de Tecnologias Sociais envolvendo Educação Ambiental dentre outras estratégias de convívio sustentável nas regiões semiáridas e subúmidas secas da Caatinga.

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