Analysis Of The Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome According To Four Different Definitions

Objective To study the prevalence of metabolic syndrome(MS) and its components among people aged over 15 years in Guangxi according to four different diagnostic definitions of MS. Methods Adopting cluster sampling, a survey of diabetes mellitus was conducted in five regions of Guangxi from 2003 to 2005. Among 54098 of this survey, totally 27240 subjects aged over 15 years with complete data, including background informations of each individual, blood pressure, lipid profile, plasma glucose, blood uric acid and fasting insulin were analyzed in this study. MS was defined according to four different diagnostic criterions. The prevalence rate of MS and its components in Guangxi and risk factors related to MS and multivariate logistic regression of risk factors related to MS were analysed. Results 1,The crude and age-adjusted prevalence rate of MS(adjusted according to population composition of China and Guangxi in 2000): according to the definition of WHO, ATPâ…¢, CDS and IDF, the crude prevalence rates of MS were 14.06%, 18.16%, 10.75% and 13.15%, the age-adjusted prevalence rates of MS adjusted according to population composition of China were 7.77%, 10.75%, 5.90% and 7.66% and the age-adjusted prevalence rates of MS adjusted according to population composition of Guangxi were 7.33%, 9.98%, 5.50% and 7.12%; in male the crude prevalence rates of MS were 17.16%, 20.79%, 13.45% and 12.41%, the age-adjusted prevalence rates of MS adjusted according to population composition of China were 9.41%, 12.37%, 7.21% and 7.26% and the age-adjusted prevalence rates of MS adjusted according to population composition of Guangxi were 8.57%, 11.23%, 6.57% and 6.58%; in female the crude prevalence rates of MS were 10.08%, 14.80%, 7.28% and 14.11%, the...