Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil

Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Gouveia, Bruna R.; Marques, Adilson; Peralta, Miguel; França, Cíntia; Lima, Alex; Campos, Alderlane; Jurema, Jefferson; Kliegel, Matthias; Ihle, Andreas

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Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil

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Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

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Amazonas State University, 69065-001 Manaus, Brazil

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(3), 1303; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031303

Received: 25 November 2020 / Revised: 1 January 2021 / Accepted: 27 January 2021 / Published: 1 February 2021

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Abstract

Metabolic syndrome has been considered a factor of vulnerability and a major public health problem because it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The present study from Amazonas, Brazil aimed to estimate the prevalence of the individual and general components of metabolic syndrome in adults and older adults and identify the independent predictors of metabolic syndrome. The sample of the present cross-sectional study comprised 942 participants (590 women), with a mean age of 59.8 ± 19.7 (range: 17.5 to 91.8). Blood pressure in men (62.5%), abdominal obesity in women (67.3%), and lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in both (52.2% in men and 65.0% in women) were the most prevalent individual risk factors for metabolic syndrome. Women had a higher prevalence of abdominal obesity (p < 0.001), low HDL-C (p < 0.001), and metabolic syndrome (p < 0.001) than men; however, opposite results were seen in men for blood pressure (p < 0.001). The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 47.5%. Advanced age, being female, having a higher body mass index, and a having lower educational level independently increased the odds of metabolic syndrome. Due to the association of metabolic syndrome with deterioration of health status and increased vulnerability, this study sustains the need for early public health interventions in the Amazonas region. View Full-Text

Keywords: cardiometabolic risk factors; health status; vulnerability; sex-related differences; public health; Amazona—Brazil

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Gouveia, É.R.; Gouveia, B.R.; Marques, A.; Peralta, M.; França, C.; Lima, A.; Campos, A.; Jurema, J.; Kliegel, M.; Ihle, A. Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031303

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Gouveia ÉR, Gouveia BR, Marques A, Peralta M, França C, Lima A, Campos A, Jurema J, Kliegel M, Ihle A. Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3):1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031303

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Gouveia, Élvio R., Bruna R. Gouveia, Adilson Marques, Miguel Peralta, Cíntia França, Alex Lima, Alderlane Campos, Jefferson Jurema, Matthias Kliegel, and Andreas Ihle. 2021. "Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults and Older Adults from Amazonas, Brazil" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 3: 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031303

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