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Metabolic syndrome among Moroccan Sahraoui adult Women
Author(s) -
Rguibi Mohamed,
Belahsen Rekia
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.20065
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , hypertriglyceridemia , medicine , waist , obesity , hum , blood pressure , endocrinology , dyslipidemia , cholesterol , triglyceride , art , performance art , art history
Factors related to metabolic syndrome were investigated in a sample of 249 Moroccan Sahraoui women, ages 15 years and older. Body weight, height, waist and hip circumference, total cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, and blood pressure were measured. The results indicate that central obesity was the most common comorbid factor (75%) followed by hypertension (28.6%), hypertriglyceridemia (22.4%), hyperglycemia (11.9%), and hypercholesterolemia (11.6%). The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 16.3%, and it was more prevalent in obese, older, married, and women without education than nonobese, younger, single, and educated women. Also, the prevalence of all metabolic syndrome components decreased with physical activity. The results suggest that prevention of obesity, particularly central obesity, could be the most direct route to prevention of this syndrome and its complications. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 16:598–601, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.