Repositori URV

Author, as appears in the article.: Jordi Salas-Salvado; Genevieve Buckland; Eulalia Roure; Monica Bullo; Lluis Serra-Majem

Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia

URV's Author/s: SALAS SALVADÓ, JORGE; Genevieve Buckland; Eulalia Roure; BULLÓ BONET, MÒNICA; Lluis Serra-Majem

Keywords: metabolic syndrome Sociodemographic risk factors Mediterranean population

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the sociodemographic risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in the Mediterranean population of Catalonia, Spain. DESIGN AND SETTING: Data from the cross-sectional, population-based 2002-2003 Health Survey of Catalonia were analysed. The survey used a structured questionnaire to collect information on demographics, lifestyle and medical history. In a sub-sample of the original survey population anthropometrics and blood pressure were measured and blood samples were taken to determine HDL cholesterol, TAG and fasting glucose. SUBJECTS: The analysis included the 1,104 individuals aged 18-74 years from this sub-sample who had complete information on all variables necessary to define MetS using the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. RESULTS: MetS prevalence was 28.5 % and 24.8 % according to IDF and ATP III criteria, respectively. MetS was significantly (P = 0.05) more common in males than females. MetS prevalence increased significantly (P<0.001) with age and degree of adiposity and as social class decreased. In general, MetS prevalence decreased as physical activity increased, which was significant (P = 0.0253) when applying ATP III criteria. After taking into account important confounders, MetS prevalence was significantly positively associated with male gender, age, BMI, physical inactivity and lower social class. Smoking status, marital status and working situation were not independently associated with MetS. CONCLUSIONS: Age, sex, degree of adiposity, physical activity and social class are the sociodemographic risk factors independently associated with MetS in this Mediterranean population. Understanding which factors predict MetS is important considering likely increasing MetS trends, and is useful for determining public health strategies.

Research group: Alimentació, Nutrició, Creixement i Salut Mental

Thematic Areas: Bioquímica i biotecnologia Bioquímica y tecnología Biochemistry and technology

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1368-9800

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Record's date: 2016-06-13

Last page: 1378

Journal volume: 11

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/sociodemographic-risk-factors-associated-with-metabolic-syndrome-in-a-mediterranean-population/FD623E0CC8B140332386EC462DD5A04D

Article's DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003492

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2008

First page: 1372

Publication Type: Article Artículo Article