Open AccessMetabolic syndrome and its correlates: A cross-sectional study among adults aged 18–49 years in an Urban Area of West Bengal
Author(s) -
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Rajarshi Banerjee,
Tania Pan,
Sweta Suman,
Utsa Basu,
Bobby Paul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_50_19
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , logistic regression , socioeconomic status , cross sectional study , demography , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , descriptive statistics , gerontology , obesity , population , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasing dramatically of late, across all ages irrespective of gender, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. People with MetS have twice the likelihood of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease and more than seven times the risk of developing diabetes.