Metabolic syndrome is a conglomeration of factors that multiply your chances of developing a heart problem. Fatty liver, obesity, inactive lifestyle, etc are responsible factors for this syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors that increase your chances of developing cardiovascular ailments and other health problems like diabetes, etc. Metabolic syndrome is also referred to as metabolic syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, obesity syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, cardiometabolic syndrome, hypertriglyceridemic waist, Reaven’s syndrome, syndrome X and CHAOS (in Australia).
It generally affects people who are obese, old, have resistance to insulin and follow a sedentary lifestyle. Stress is an important cause of metabolic syndrome. Other significant causes are overweight, aging, genetic factors, endocrine disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome, etc.
With rise in obesity across the world, metabolic syndrome is becoming a major health concern. It may soon supersede smoking as the principal risk factor for heart problems. A healthy lifestyle promises you safety against the development of metabolic syndrome.
Keeping in mind the increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome, a study was conducted by Eliane Said Dutra and his colleagues and was published in the journal of Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, 2012.
The researchers conducted a population-based study in the year 2007 that enrolled 2130 adults (both men and women) in Federal District of Brazil.
The experts discovered that there was no gender difference in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome. In men, hypertension was the commonest predictor of metabolic syndrome while in women, it was abdominal obesity.
However no relationship existed between behavioral variables and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Reference:
Metabolic syndrome in central Brazil: prevalence and correlates in the adult population; Eliane Said Dutra et al; Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome 2012
Source-Medindia