Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Urban India

Abstract

Background. Metabolic syndrome (MS) is characterised by a constellation of individual risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Materials and Methods. The current study was a population-based survey of cohort of subjects in the metropolitan city of Mumbai. A total of 548 subjects, who attended the CARDIAC evaluation camp, were recruited in the study. Participants with complete fasting lipid profiles, blood glucose, and known cardiac risk markers were evaluated. Results. On applying modified NCEP ATP III, we found out that nearly 95% of the subjects had at least one abnormal parameter. We found the prevalence of MS in our study population to be 19.52%. The prevalence of MS in males was almost double than females (P = .008). The overall prevalence of BMI (>23 kg/m2) was 79.01%. Increased hypertriglyceridemia and decreased levels of HDL-C were found to be more in males (P < .0001). Conclusion. The low percentage of subjects with normal and controlled parameters suggests that there is a need for awareness programs and lifestyle interventions for the prevention and control of MS.

Study of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Risk Components in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Center of Uttarakhand

“…The rates of MS in our study population were higher in females compared to males. This gender difference is in concordance with other studies [6,9,10,12] and is important to be clearly identified as certain conditions specific to females, such as pregnancy, menopause, polycystic ovarian syndrome, etc. may aggravate cardiovascular risk in association with MS [13].…”

“…The results of the present study show that prevalence of MS was 21.1 %, which is similar to prevalence in other regions of India and Asia as shown by different studies [6,8,9]. Prevalence of MS has been reported 19.52 % in Maharashtra, 31.6 % in Rajasthan and 41 % in Tamil Nadu [6,10,11].…”

“…Prevalence of history of hypertension was not found significant in a study on metabolic syndrome in urban India reinforcing our findings [6].…”

“…Prevalence of MS has been reported 19.52 % in Maharashtra, 31.6 % in Rajasthan and 41 % in Tamil Nadu [6,10,11]. As different studies have used dissimilar criteria for diagnosis of MS, the comparison may be unsubstantial.…”

“…Prevalence of the MS in Asian Indians varies according to region, extent of urbanization, lifestyle patterns, and socioeconomic/cultural factors [4]. The reported prevalence of MS varies from 20 to 30 % in different regions of Indian [5,6]. There are very few reports on component analysis of MS and their impact in semi-urban populations of Uttarakhand, which is a hill state of India.…”