Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors in university students

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors in university studentsSíndrome metabólica, resistência insulínica e outros fatores de risco cardiovascular em universitários

Aerobic fitness is associated with low cardiovascular disease risk: the impact of lifestyle on early risk factors for atherosclerosis in young healthy Swedish individuals – the Lifestyle, Biomarker, and Atherosclerosis study

“…It has also been shown in the HELENA study that muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness are independently associated 34. Results from the present study support the conclusions from the studies by Dalleck,25 Barbosa,5 and the HELENA study34 that CVD may increase in the future, and that there is need for early prevention aiming to increase both muscle strength and aerobic fitness in young subjects to prevent CVD. If aerobic capacity is regained, it may have a beneficial effect on cardiometabolic health in the future 35…”

“…They found that 21% of the students were insulin resistant and that as many as 61% had low HDL-C 5. A problem with this type of studies is that there are several definitions of insulin resistance.…”

“…On the other hand, aerobic fitness is known to prevent insulin resistance due to its effects on insulin sensitivity 3–5. Aerobic fitness also has effects on the blood lipid profile, on the total body fat, and on the inflammation that develops over time in the wall of the arteries and is a hallmark of atherosclerosis 6…”

Prevalencia De Síndrome Metabólico en Niños Y Adolescentes De América

“…En lo que concierne a las diferencias entre hombres y mujeres, encontramos un patrón donde los hombres tuvieron mayores prevalencias del SM y de algunos de sus componentes como la hiperglucemia, la hipertensión arterial y el HDL-C bajo, particularmente en México, Canadá, Colombia y EUA. Otros autores también han reportado que los hombres tienen mayor prevalencia del SM que las mujeres 45 . Además, las adolescentes tienen mayores niveles de insulina que los varones 46 .…”

“…Ésto podría ser útil para el control de la glucemia, aunque puede favorecer la resistencia a la insulina. Si bien las mujeres jóvenes suelen ser más sedentarias que los hombres, estos últimos fuman e ingieren más alcohol lo que favorece la presencia de alteraciones metabólicas 45 .…”