Prevalence of metabolic components in university students
| Autor: | Layla Gonçalves do Nascimento Macêdo, Paulo César de Almeida, Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva, Ramiro Marx Alves Cortez, Telma de Sousa Rocha, Luana Savana Nascimento de Sousa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Universities Metabolic Syndrome x Population Young Adult Risk Factors Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans Young adult Students education Socioeconomic status General Nursing Factores de Riesgo lcsh:RT1-120 Metabolic Syndrome education.field_of_study Síndrome x Metabólico lcsh:Nursing Clinical pathology business.industry Original Articles Middle Aged medicine.disease Estudiantes Blood pressure Public university Female Sample collection Metabolic syndrome business |
| Zdroj: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 22, Iss 6, Pp 1041-1047 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 0104-1169 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0104-1169.0129.2514 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: to identify the frequency of components of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) among university students.METHOD: descriptive study with 550 students, from various courses run by a public university. The socioeconomic data, lifestyle, and components of MetS were filled out using a questionnaire. Blood sample collection was undertaken in the university itself by a contracted clinical analysis laboratory.RESULTS: 66.2% were female, with a mean age of 22.6±4.41; 71.7% were sedentary; 1.8% stated that they smoke; and 48.5% were classified as at medium risk for alcoholism. 5.8% had raised abdominal circumference and 20.4% had excess weight; 1.3% and 18.9% had raised fasting blood glucose levels and triglycerides, respectively; 64.5% had low HDL cholesterol and 8.7% had blood pressure levels compatible with borderline high blood pressure. Thus, of the sample, 64.4% had at least one component for MetS; 11.6% had two, and 3.5% had three or more.CONCLUSION: a significant proportion of the population already has the components for metabolic syndrome, and this profile reinforces the importance of early diagnosis so as to reduce the risk of developing chronic comorbidities. |
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