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Influence of Age in Metabolic Syndrome Parameters Among College Students
Author(s) -
Jenkins Heidi,
Soule William,
AguilarAlvarez David
Publication year - 2017
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.31.1_supplement.797.12
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , waist , medicine , triglyceride , age groups , circumference , obesity , endocrinology , blood pressure , incidence (geometry) , high density lipoprotein , cholesterol , fasting glucose , demography , physiology , insulin resistance , physics , geometry , mathematics , sociology , optics
Objectives Metabolic syndrome (MetS) incidence becomes more prevalent as we age. Taking this into consideration, we sought to investigate which parameters were more influenced by age. We hypothesized that various components of MetS will be more significantly influenced by age compared to other factors. Methods We assessed MetS parameters in 167 Weber State University student participants, age 17–40 years. Participants were separated by gender and into 3 different age groups: <20, 20–30, and 30–40. Correlations between MetS parameters and age, as well as mean comparisons were done with SPSS software. Results Mean triglyceride (TG), blood pressure (BP), waist circumference (WC) and glucose increased significantly with increased age group in both genders (p<0.05). Interestingly, age had no significant influence in High‐Density Lipoprotein (HDL‐C) in either gender. Nonetheless, among males, the total cholesterol (TC) TC/HDL ratio increased with age. Among males, it was also seen that an increased waist circumference was the factor most strongly associated with age (r=501, p=0.03). In contrast, for females increases in blood glucose were most strongly associated with age (r=491, p= 0.01) compared to other factors. Conclusions Aging appears to have a strong influence on many of the parameters in metabolic syndrome. Our data indicates that age may affect different metabolic syndrome parameters in men and women. HDL‐C seems to be unaffected by age increases. However, it is possible that this is a consequence of increases in total cholesterol. Nonetheless, when we assessed TC/HDL ratio no differences were observed among females which may indicate that age have very little influence on HDL in premenopausal women. Support or Funding Information Weber State University, Athletic Training and Nutrition Department