Metabolic syndrome among adults population single center experience in Basrah

الملخص EN

Meta&otic syndnome inateases the tish fox coHonwty heart disease.

and stxohe By ttvtee folds with maxhed increase in caxdiovasculax mortality.

She aim of this work is to- study.

metabolic syndrome in adult's persons in fBasrah in tingle center, d cross sectional hospital Baaed study of.

adult) persons including, persons seen in the in-patient and out-patient clinic of the CU&aiha general hospital out* a period ptom January to ttugust 2CC4, who agree to participate.

She presence of 3 meta&otic a&normalities is enough to establish the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, She meta&otic abnormalities woe abdominal obesity, high serum triglycerides, lata high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertension, and high fasting plasma glucose, dotal number of persons was 5CC, of them 152 women and 348 men.

dye range 20-88 yea*, with mean age of 49.9+ 11.3 yea*.

Metabolic syndrome was seen in 332 persons (66.4%), 214 of males (61.4%), and 118 females (77.6%).

Shexe was a clean, increase in the prevalence of the meta&otic syndxame with increasing age up to the age of 79 year.

Jn conclusion: Shis study, reported high figure of meta&olic syndrome, Qdoptian of Westeraexn life in out society with overweight, physical inactivity, sedentary Behavior, and unhealthy dietary, habits may Be the cause,