Metabolic Syndrome among Patients with Dyslipidemia | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 26, Issue 1, April 2013, Pages 47-50 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ehsan Hassan Al-dabbagh; Omar Akram Ahmed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: the term "Metabolic syndrome" (MS) refers to the association between hypertension, type-2 diabetes mellitus, android obesity and dyslipidemia. Prevalence of MS is rising as a result of sedentary life style and abundance of food rich in fat and carbohydrates that is to say; the pandemic of obesity throughout the world. The definition of MS was arranged by the National Cholesterol Education Program –Adult treatment panel III (NCEP-ATP III) of United States. It requires the presence of any three out of five criteria. Objective: to study the percentage of MS among patients with dyslipidemia, the difference between both sexes, to compare serum uric acid between those with MS to those without MS. Materials and methods: Fasting blood samples were collected from 76 dyslipidemic patients (50 males, 26 females). FPG, serum triglycerides ,HDL-cholesterol, serum uric acid were measured using enzymatic colorimetric method, Data were analyzed by chi square test,t-test,all values quoted as the mean ± Standard deviation(SD),and difference between observations were considered significant at p<0.05. Results: fifteen patients (20%) were found to have MS according to NCEP ATP-III criteria of diagnosis. Females are predominant. The main differences in biochemical parameters were FPG and serum triglycerides. Conclusion: the study points to the fact that excess sugar are stored as fat. The problem of dyslipidemia could be preceded into more broad syndrome. Key words: dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, syndrome X. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| dyslipidemia; metabolic syndrome; syndrome X | ||
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