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Metabolic syndrome and its components impairs health‐related quality of life among US children and adults similarly regardless of sociodemographic characteristics
Author(s) -
Chen Xiaoli,
Wang Youfa
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.982.19
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertriglyceridemia , metabolic syndrome , abdominal obesity , national health and nutrition examination survey , obesity , logistic regression , quality of life (healthcare) , odds ratio , gerontology , demography , odds , health related quality of life , disease , environmental health , cholesterol , population , nursing , triglyceride , sociology
We examined the associations of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components with health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in US children and adults using the 2001–08 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data for 9849 participants aged 12–84 years with complete needed information. MetS was classified based on lab tests using the International Diabetes Federation criteria. HRQOL was assessed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HRQOL‐4 scale (includes measures such as overall, physical, mental QOL). Multivariate logistic regression models tested the associations with adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics. Subjects with MetS were 2–3 times more likely to have low overall HRQOL, odds ratio (OR) was 2.74 (95%CI: 1.83–4.11) for children and 2.59 (95% CI: 2.23–3.01) for adults. Similar results were found for all five components of MetS including abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low high‐density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, high blood pressure, and hyperglycemia with HRQOL. The significant MetS‐HRQOL associations did not differ across sex, race, education, and income (all P interaction >0.05). In conclusion, Americans with MetS and its components have worse health‐related quality of life than others. The association varies little by sociodemographic characteristics.