Epidemiological investigation of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the middle-aged and elderly community population of Beijing / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the prevalence and distribution of metabolic syndrome in the middle-aged and elderly community population of Beijing. Methods The medical check-up data in 2335 middle-aged and elderly persons, who were sampled randomly from the 136 communities in Beijing, were acquired and analyzed. Results The incidences of the middle-aged and elderly people with metabolic syndrome (MS), obesity, essential hypertension, glucose metabolic disorder, hyper triglyceridemia 28.7%, 40.2%, 56.7%, 64.1%, and 38%, respectively. In the groups of old and very old persons, the respective incidence of MS, blood sugar disorder, and essential hypertension was higher, and obesity and hyper glyceridemia were significantly lower than that of middle-aged group. Conclusion The incidence of MS is very high in the middle aged and elderly community population of Beijing. The incidence of MS and its components in the middle aged people are different from that of elderly population.