COSTA, F. P. S.; VIEIRA, T. C.; VEIGA, T. P. C.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0544553442501653; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4131728786928635; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6421208446558746; COSTA, Fernanda Priscila Soares da.; VIEIRA, Tallita Carvalho.; VEIGA, Tatiana Passos da Costa.
Resumo:
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a complex disorder represented by a set of
cardiovascular risk factors usually related to increased visceral fat and insulin
resistance. Despite the importance of MS, there are insufficient data about the
epidemiological characteristics of this condition in Brazilian population. We
determined the prevalence of MS among patients treated between December 2011
and October 2012 in the Obesity outpatient of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit,
University Hospital Alcides Carneiro, Federal University of Campina Grande, using
the NCEP / ATPIII criteria; also evaluate the criteria that best correlate with obesity
among those used for the diagnosis of MS and relate the prevalence of MS with the
level of obesity, metabolic and epidemiological profile of the patients. Socioeconomic,
biochemical, anthropometric and hemodynamic data were collected of 95 treated
patients (22-76 years old), which 91.6% are female. The prevalence of MS was
55.8%. The most frequent MS diagnosis criterion was high waist circumference
(96,8%), followed by high blood pressure (63.2%) and low HDL-C (46.3%). We
concluded that the prevalence of MS is high, and high waist circumference and blood
pressure changes are the most prevalent criteria for its diagnosis.The control of risk
factors should be promoted to reduce the impact of cardiovascular diseases in the
leading causes of death.