The Risk Factors Associated With Metabolic Syndrome | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 3, September 2014, Pages 1-6 | ||
| Author | ||
| Noaman Abdulateef Abdulrazzaq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Metabolic syndrome (syndrome x) is a clustering of Dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure, 03.0.003impaired glucose tolerance, and central obesity. The association of metabolic syndrome risk with demographic characteristics increases according to with increase in age, BMI and weight gain. Obesity has consistently been reported as a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, it is an important, easily observed, and measurable risk factor for the syndrome. BMI was the only factor that remained significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in all age, race and sex group. Higher BMI and weight gain over time are associated with poorer blood pressure, higher fasting glucose, and dyslipidemia. Many atherosclerotic complications (hypertension, CVD, nephropathy) have been found to be associated with this syndrome. (80) Patients with metabolic syndrome from Baghdad city, (40) male and (40) female, aged (40-70) years classified into six age groups with four years difference between each were enrolled in this study from June 2012-January 2013. All patients were surveyed for height, weight, body mass index, lipid profile, TG, FBS, uric acid, and cortisol measurement, twenty subjects apparently healthy control group as a comparative study was subjected to the same investigation. The aim of this study is to describe the association of the metabolic syndrome with age, sex, BMI, and other risk factors | ||
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