Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-20-2013
Abstract
Background: Metabolic risk factors and abnormalities such as obesity and hypertension are rapidly rising among the Chinese population following China's tremendous economic growth and widespread westernization of lifestyle in recent decades. Limited information is available about the current burden of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in China. Methods. We analyzed data on metabolic risk factors among 22,457 adults aged ≥ 32 years participating in the "Zhabei Health 2020" survey (2009-2010), a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of community residents in Zhabei District. We defined MetS using Chinese-specific cut-off points for central obesity according to consensus criteria recently endorsed by several international and national organizations in defining MetS in different populations worldwide. We used a multiple logistic regression model to assess the associations of potential risk factors with MetS. Results: The unadjusted prevalence of the MetS was 35.1% for men and 32.5% for women according to the consensus criteria for Chinese. The prevalence increased progressively from 12.1% among participants aged 32-45 years to 45.4% among those aged ≥ 75 years. Age, smoking, family history of diabetes, and education are significantly associated with risk of MetS. Conclusions: The MetS is highly prevalent and has reached epidemic proportion in Chinese urban adult community residents. © 2013 Wang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Keywords
China, metabolic syndrome, population-based survey, prevalence
Language
English
Publication Title
BMC Public Health
Rights
© 2013 Wang et al. This is an Open Access work distributed under the terms of the CC BY 2.0 (Attribution 2.0 Generic) license which allows users to freely share, copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon material in any medium or format, even commercially, provided they give appropriate credit to the creator, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
Recommended Citation
Wang, GR., Li, L., Pan, YH. et al. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among urban community residents in China. BMC Public Health 13, 599 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-599
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