Abstract

PELEGRINI, Andreia; SANTOS-SILVA, Diego A; PETROSKI, Edio L  and  GLANER, Maria F. Metabolic syndrome prevalence in males. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.4, pp.635-646. ISSN 0124-0064.

Objective Determining metabolic syndrome (MS) prevalence amongst employees from a steel company in Distrito Federal according to age and ethnic-racial classification, comparing biochemical, anthropometric and hemodynamic indicators according to MS presence or absence. Methods A total of 125 men (aged 20-69) participated in the study. Data was collected regarding age, ethnic origin, body weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c), systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Results MS prevalence was 28 %. Subjects suffering from MS presented higher triglyceride levels, had greater BMI, waist circumference, SBP and DBP and lower HDL-c. Increased MS frequency was observed with age, having higher frequency (45.9 %) amongst subjects aged more than 40. Conclusions MS prevalence was high amongst steel company workers; the condition was associated with age.

Keywords : Cardiovascular disease; blood glucose; high blood pressure.

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