Metabolic Syndrome: Can We Keep Check?

Abstract

Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is on the rise due to the epidemic increase of obesity. It increases the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases and type II diabetes mellitus. Aims To study the prevalence of MetS and its components in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Design Cross-sectional comparative study. Results The prevalence of MetS in postmenopausal women was 48.6 %, nearly 1.7 times the prevalence in premenopausal women (27.4 %). Except for central obesity and low HDL cholesterol, the frequency of hyperglycemia, high blood pressure, and hypertriglyceridemia were significantly higher in postmenopausal than in premenopausal women. All the five factors of NCEP ATP III criteria were present in 5 % of postmenopausal women in contrast to 0.4 % in premenopausal women. Conclusion Prevention is better than cure. Material and Method

Cut-off Point of Waist-circumference for Metabolic Syndrome Components among Turkman and Non-Turkman Ethnic Adults in the North of Iran

“…2) non-Turkman: Included all of the ethnic groups (except Turkman) living in this area. ATP-III method was used for diagnosis of MetS (Singh & Sinha, 2016). According to this criteria, the presence of at least three of f ive the following criteria were included as MetS: (i) Abdominal obesity as measured by WC>102 cm in men and >88 cm in women; (ii) Triglycerides >150 mg/dl; (iii) HDL cholesterol <40 mg/dl in men and <50 mg/dl in women; (iv) SBP-systolic blood pressure =130 or DBPdiastolic blood pressure =85 mm/Hg; (v) fasting plasma glucose =110 mg/dl.…”