Abstract:

Objective   To investigate the clinical characteristics of risk factors of metabolic syndrome  (MS). Methods   The data were selected from the documents of annual medical insurance health checks of workers at the authorities in Dezhou in 2009. The subjects were divided into four groups according to their age (20-30y, 31-40y, 41-50y, and 51-60y ). MS risk factors including central obesity (waist circumference≥90cm in males, ≥80cm in females), increased systolic blood pressure (≥130mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (≥85mmHg), elevated levels of blood glucose and triglyceride (fasting glucose≥5.6mmol/L, triglyceride≥1.7mmol/L) and decreased level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (＜1.03mmol/L in males, ＜1.29mmol/L in females) were investigated and analyzed among the subjects in different age groups. Results   MS risk factors were arranged in order  of their prevalence in different age stages as follows: (1)central obesity(50%), elevated levels of triglyceride(39%), decreased level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(37%), increased diastolic blood pressure(33%), increased systolic blood pressure(22%), elevated levels of blood glucose(6%) in the 20-30y group. (2)central obesity(57%), increased diastolic blood pressure(47%), elevated levels of triglyceride(41%), decreased level of highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol(32%), increased systolic blood pressure(26%), elevated levels of blood glucose(14%) in the 31-40y group. (3)central obesity(71%), increased diastolic blood pressure(67%), increased systolic blood pressure(66%), elevated levels of triglyceride(54%), decreased level of highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol(31%), elevated levels of blood glucose(26%) in the 41-50y group. (4)increased diastolic blood pressure(68%), increased systolic blood pressure(63%), central obesity(58%), elevated levels of triglyceride(50%), decreased level of highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol(30%), elevated levels of blood glucose(27%) in the 51-60y group. Conclusion   Central obesity and high level of blood triglyceride are the early onset risk factors of MS, and hypertension and high level of blood glucose are the later symptoms of MS in workers at the authorities in Dezhou.

Key words: Metabolic syndrome; Risk factor; Central obesity