Open AccessMetabolic Syndrome and its Components Among Patients Attending MOPD of A Tertiary Care Centre
Author(s) -
MM Rahman Khan,
MA Jalil Chowdhury,
MZ Haque,
Mmh Chowdhury,
Mushfiqur Rahman,
Md. Harun-Or Rashid,
Iftekhar Mahmood,
QT Lslam
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
taj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8854
pISSN - 1019-8555
DOI - 10.3329/taj.v22i2.37719
Subject(s) - metabolic syndrome , medicine , abdominal obesity , obesity , tertiary care , high density lipoprotein , cholesterol , gastroenterology
This was a hospital based study done on 334 patients attending in medicine OPD BSMMU. According to modified NCEP ATP Ill criteria 27.2% of subjects aged 20 years had the metabolic syndrome and was more commonly seen in women than in men (32.4% vs 21.7%, P low high density lipoprotein (83.5%) > hypertension (71.4%) > triglycerides (67.0%) > fasting plasma glucose (44.0%). Abdominal obesity appeared to be the highest frequent components of the metabolic syndrome in both sexes (men 100% and women 96.4%). However, among male patients, high serum triglycerides (77.1%) appeared to be the second frequent components. Whereas among female patients low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (96.4%) appeared to be the second frequent component and was found to be high compared to the male patients (62.9%). Most of those with metabolic syndrome had three components of the syndrome (48.3%), 38.4% had four, and 13% had five components. The percentage of clusters of components increased with age of the patients and in female sex.TAJ 2009; 22(1): 176-182