Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in brazilian college students

Freitas, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de; Araújo, Márcio Flávio Moura de; Marinho, Niciane Bandeira Pessoa; Vasconcelos, Hérica Cristina Alves de; Lima, Adman Câmara Soares; Pereira, Dayse Christina Rodrigues; Almeida, Paulo César de; Zanetti, María Lúcia; Damasceno, Marta María Coelho

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“…The rates found in university contexts by the present study were much higher than those found by the following authors: Huang et al [29] in 163 students aged 18–24 years in Kansas, United States, (0.6%); de Freitas et al [30] in 702 Brazilian university students (1.7%); Fernandes et al [31] in 189 students aged 18–24 years (3.7%); Yen et al [32] in 8226 students with a mean age of 19.2 ± 2.3 years (4.6%); and Burke et al [33] in 1701 students aged 18–24 years, who were enrolled in an introductory nutrition course and had met the age requirements of the University of New Hampshire’s Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative (4.9%). On the other hand, our rates were lower than those found by Ruano et al [36] in 796 Spanish students aged 17–25 years (7.5%), and Mattsson et al [38] in 2182 healthy young adults (1007 men and 175 women) aged 24–39 years (13%).…”

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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Factors in Colombian Collegiate Students: The FUPRECOL-Adults Study

Martínez-Torres

Correa-Bautista

González-Ruíz

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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the major public health problems worldwide. The objective of the present study is to investigate the prevalence and the associated variables of MetS in Colombian collegiate students. This cross-sectional study included a total of 890 (52% women) healthy collegiate students (21.3 ± 3.2 years old). The prevalence of MetS was determined by the definition provided by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). We further examined associations between the prevalence of MetS and related factors, such as age, gender, anthropometric and body composition, weight status, and nutrition profile. The overall prevalence of MetS was 6.0% (95% CI = 4.5% to 7.6%), and it was higher in men than women. The most prevalent components were low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high triglyceride levels, waist circumference, and blood pressure levels. The predisposing factors for having a MetS included: being male, over 23 years old, overweight or obese, and having an unhealthy waist-to-height ratio. In conclusion, the occurrence of MetS in young adults is substantial. These findings may be relevant to health promotion efforts for collegiate students in order to develop prospective studies and screening for young adults, which will aid in targeted intervention development to decrease cardiometabolic risk factors.

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“…MetS was defined as including ≥3 of the following metabolic abnormalities [29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37]: WC ≥90 cm in men or ≥80 cm in women; HDL-c <40 mg/dL in men or <50 mg/dL in women; triglyceride ≥150 mg/dL; fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dL; systolic BP (SBP) ≥130 mmHg; and/or diastolic BP (DBP) ≥85 mmHg.…”

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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Factors in Colombian Collegiate Students: The FUPRECOL-Adults Study

Martínez-Torres

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González-Ruíz

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“…Increased physical activity is able to elevate the HDL cholesterol levels, however; both of our samples were generally active, only the Hungarians had higher HDL cholesterol level. According to the different lipid studies of university students the HDL cholesterol levels generally fluctuate between 35 mg/dL and 58 mg/dL (1,3,15). The prevalence of hypertensive students is often part of the cardiovascular risk studies, Tayem et al (13) found that 29.3% of the students were pre-hypertensive or hypertensive in Jerusalem, Bleske et al (1) published that in India it was only 21.8% but in Syria and USA it was higher 33.8% and 30.9%, respectively.…”

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Ten-year cardiovascular risk assessment in university students

Uvacsek¹,

Kneffel²,

Tóth³

et al. 2014

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for more than half of all deaths in the European region. The aim of the study was to compare body composition, blood pressure, total cholesterol (TC) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), family history, activity behaviors, and the 10-year risk of having a heart attack between 166 university students (21.62 ± 2.59 yrs) from Utah (USA) and 198 students (22.11 ± 2.51 yrs) from Hungary. Ninetytwo percent of the Hungarian students and 100% of the Utah students had an estimated 10-year Framingham risk score of 1% or less. The high prevalence of low risk was primarily due to the young age of study participants, healthy body composition and non-smoking behavior. Hungarians who had higher 10-year risk of heart attack had significantly higher waist hip ratio (WHR), TC, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and were smokers compared to those Hungarians with lower risk. The self-reported physical activity levels between the two groups of students were not different. In conclusion the young men and women who participated in this study were, for the most part healthy; however the smoking habits and the lower physical activity of the Hungarian students likely elevated their risk of CVD.Keywords: cardiovascular risk, university students, smoking, body mass index, blood lipids Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the major causes of mortality in economically developed countries as well as in transitional economies. There is also a trend towards an increasing prevalence of CVD in developing countries (14). Healthy lifestyles, such as eating a prudent diet, regular physical activity, and not smoking are the most important preventive measures. Good health-related habits are learned early in life and have been associated with parental and peer group influences, and are strongly associated with socio-economic status and education (1,8). Cardiovascular risk prediction calculations use biological characteristics (age, gender) and modifiable risk factors (blood pressure, lipid levels, and lifestyle conditions) to assess and predict CVD risk. Although the sensitivity and specificity of the risk assessment tools are low in young adults, especially at younger ages where they sometimes underestimate the risk, such tools are useful in screening young adults for increased risk of CVD (11). The socio-economic background of CVD has found that males between 20 and 64 years of age in semi-and unskilled occupations have a risk of premature death from CVD that is three times higher than those working in professional and managerial positions. According to Karlamangla et al. (6) individuals with high overall cardiovascular risk in midlife can be identified by their relatively higher values of risk factors in younger ages and that socio-economic differences

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“…However, to increase the effectiveness of these interventions and as a goal of this report, we consider that is more important to know the degree of association of each of these elements on its development. In this study, AOb was selected as one of the most important components of the MetS due to its high prevalence, and other studies have shown that AOb is a factor of high importance for its development (19,26). The degree of association of AOb with the other components of MetS was established and we found that elevated BP was more strongly associated in both men and women.…”

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Abdominal obesity is strongly associated to blood pressure in young Mexicans

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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in brazilian college students

Abstract: It is important that nurses assess the frequency of metabolic syndrome in college students as a predictor of cardiovascular health.

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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Factors in Colombian Collegiate Students: The FUPRECOL-Adults Study

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Factors in Colombian Collegiate Students: The FUPRECOL-Adults Study

Ten-year cardiovascular risk assessment in university students

Abdominal obesity is strongly associated to blood pressure in young Mexicans

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