Abstract

PINZON DUQUE, Oscar Alonso; SANCHEZ NARANJO, Julio César; SEPULVEDA ARIAS, Juan Carlos  and  RIVERA SALAZAR, María Elena. Evaluation of diagnostic criteria distribution for metabolic syndrome, in Pereira, Colombia. Investig. andina [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.27, pp.736-743. ISSN 0124-8146.

Introduction: the metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of multiple cardiovascular risk factors which has become epidemic around the world. Objective: compare the currently accepted MS diagnosis criteria among patients with MS (SM), first-degree healthy relatives (FS) and healthy controls (S) in the city of Pereira (Colombia). Methods: this was a cross-sectional study in which 116 persons were evaluated for blood chemistry, waist circumference and blood pressure. Results: population was classified as SM (n=53), FS (n=36) and S (n=27) groups. The most prevalent criterion was waist circumference (96.2%) for SM and FS (38.8%) groups, but for S was HDLc (25.9%). The waist circumference difference between FS (38.8%) and S (14.8%) groups was significant (0.24, CI 95% 0.04 to 0.44). Conclusion: this study found that waist circumference criterion could be used for early detection of people at risk for developing MS.

Keywords : Metabolic Syndrome; Waist Circumference; Hypertension; Diabetes Mellitus; Triglycerides; HDLc.

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