Epidemiological study on metabolic syndrome in elderly people in Changsha city / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and explore the associated risk factors with MS among 35 ～ 80 years elderly people in Changsha.Methods The survey used by cluster random sampling method (from October to December,2008 ) was carried out by the Physical Examination Center of the Second Xiangya Hospital,Changsha.All subjects aged from 35 to 80 years old had the questionnaires,physical examination,and biochemical measurements.MS was defined by IDF 2005.Results The prevalence of MS was 24.3％ among elderly people in Changsha.The prevalence of MS in male and female was 27.9％ and 19.3％,respectively; which in male was significantly higher than in females ( P ＜0.01).According to census of 2000 in Changsha,the age-adjusted rate of MS was 24.4％ among elderly people,27.8％ in male and 21.9％ in female,respectively.The metabolic abnormalities and the prevalence rate of MS were different in gender and age.Except the essential component of the central obesity in the 194 cases of MS patients,there are 80 cases include other two kinds of metabolic abnormalities,accounting for 41.2％,most of them with elevated blood pressure + sugar metabolism disorders; the most common three kinds of metabolic abnormalities of the 78 cases,accounting for 40.2％ of the people with MS,most of them with high TG + elevated blood pressure + sugar metabolism disorders; With 4 kinds of metabolic abnormalities of 36 patients,accounting for 18.6％ of the MS patients.Increasing age,male,overweight and (or) obesity,high LDL-C hematic disease,high uric acid hematic disease,diabetes were all the risk factors of the elderly people in Changsha city.Conclusions Elderly people in Changsha have a relatively high prevalence of MS,especially for male.The prevalence of MS is considerably high in Changsha,which may continue to rising with the social economic development and population aging.There is an urgent need to take actions to reduce the burden of MS.