Prevalência de síndrome metabólica em pacientes atendidos no ambulatório de obesidade do Hospital Universitário em Campina Grande, Paraíba.

Abstract

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.