Open AccessPrevalence and Factors Related to Metabolic Syndrome in Xo Dang Patients at Kon Tum General Hospital, Vietnam
Author(s) -
Le Huu Loi,
Dinh Thi Van Anh,
Nguyen Quang Thieu,
Cao Ba Loi,
Nguyễn Duy Hùng,
Phan Le Thanh Huong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i60b34872
Subject(s) - waist , ethnic group , medicine , vietnamese , metabolic syndrome , demography , blood pressure , circumference , triglyceride , obesity , cholesterol , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , sociology , anthropology
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common disorder and different ethnicities may have different prevalence and related fators. MetS is associated with many chronic diseases and there is a great need for research on MetS in different ethnic groups, especially the communities of ethnic minorities.
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and some factors related to MetS among Xo Dang, an ethnic minority group at Kon Tum province.
Methods: diagnosis of Mets according to IDF/AHA consensus, comparing the characteristics of 261 patients of Xo Dang with 561 patients of Kinh ethnicity.
Results: The rates of habits related to MetS among Xo Dang ethnicity were all higher than 50% and not different from those of Kinh ethnicity. The mean values of waist circumference, maximum and minimum blood pressure, levels of glucose, triglyceride, and HDL-C levels in the blood of the Xo Dang were not significantly different from those of the Kinh ethnicity. The levels of disorders among Xo Dang ethnicity in descending order were increased triglycerides (71.26%), hyperglycemia (42.53%), hypertension (38.31%), increased waist circumference (36.02%), and low HDL-C (26.82%). The rate of increasing waist circumference and the prevalence of MetS in the Xo Dang people was higher than that of the Kinh ethnicity. Xo Dang persons who were female had a higher risk of developing MetS. Smoking was associated with MetS among Kinh ethnicity, however, was not with Xo Dang ethnicity.
Conclusion: It seems that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome of Xo Dang people was higher than that Kinh people and the rate of habits related to metabolic syndrome in the Xo Dang people was high.