%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia del s¨ªndrome metab¨®lico en la poblaci¨®n urbana de Mucuch¨ªes, M¨¦rida-Venezuela
%A Becerra Leal
%A Ana Victoria
%A Torres
%A Adri¨¢n
%A Valery
%A Lenin
%A Arata-Bellabarba
%A Gabriela
%A Vel¨¢zquez-Maldonado
%A Elsy M
%J Revista Venezolana de Endocrinolog¨ªa y Metabolismo
%D 2009
%I Sociedad Venezolana de Endocrinolog¨ªa y Metabolismo
%X objective: to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (ms) in the urban population of mucuch¨ªes, estado m¨¦rida, venezuela. methods: a representative sample of 109 hispanic men and women subjects, aged 20-65 yr was studied. ms was defined according to national cholesterol education program (necp)/adult treatment panel iii (atp iii) and international diabetes federation (idf) criteria. results: the prevalence of ms was 38% and 43% according to atpiii and idf criteria respectively. eighty percent of population had abnormal body mass index and more than 50% showed abnormal waist circumference (wc). dyslipidemia showed a high frequency of hypertriglyceridemia (56%) and low levels of hdl-c (76%). hypertension was significantly higher in men (p<0,05). impaired fasting glucose was observed in 6% of population, no significant difference related to gender was observed. metabolic syndrome frequency in nonobese subjects was 24% and increased significantly as a function of body mass index showing a maximal frequency of 73% in obese subjects. waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and triglyceride/hdl-c ratio were the main risk factors related with ms diagnosis. conclusions: the prevalence of ms in the urban population of mucuch¨ªes, estado m¨¦rida, venezuela is 38% y 43% according to ncep-atpiii and idf criteria respectively. the predominant pattern of ms was characterized by dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity and a low frequency of impaired fasting glucose.
%K metabolic syndrome
%K hispanic population.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1690-31102009000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en