Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and gender differences
| Autor: | Saroj Jain, Seerat Hussain Beigh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Metabolic Syndrome
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Waist Low HDL-cholesterol business.industry Population Insulin resistance General Medicine Hypothesis Age and sex medicine.disease BMI Research centre Internal medicine Relative risk Prevalence medicine Gender differences Metabolic syndrome business education |
| Zdroj: | Bioinformation |
| ISSN: | 0973-2063 0973-8894 |
| DOI: | 10.6026/97320630008613 |
| Popis: | In a comparative study, involving 500 subjects with 294 males and 206 females aged 30 years and above, data were collected from NIMS (National Institute of Medical Sciences) hospital and research centre and controls from the general population whose age and sex were matched with subjects during the years 2010 - 2011. Metabolic syndrome was present both in women and men corresponding to 29% and 23% of the women's and men's sample, respectively. The prevalence was higher in women than in men. In women, elevated BMI, low HDL cholesterol, increased waist circumference and hyperglycemia were significantly larger contributors to the metabolic syndrome while in men these were hypertension and elevated triglycerides. The contribution of several metabolic components to the metabolic syndrome is different in men and women. This might contribute to gender specific differences in the relative risk of metabolic complications such as insulin resistance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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