Prevalência da Síndrome Metabólica em idosos institucionalizados ou vinculados a programas assistenciais de saúde do idoso do município de Cuité.

Abstract

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) consists a complex disorder represented by a number of cardiovascular risk factors commonly associated with central fat deposition and insulin resistance. Associated with cardiovascular disease, being responsible for the increase in general mortality by 1.5 times, the present study aims to estimate the prevalence of MS in institutionalized elderly people and elderly linked to health-care programs, compare the prevalence diagnosed according to the rules National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III - NCEP-ATP III revised and the International Diabetes Federation - IDF and characterize the social profile, biochemical and anthropometric of the groups evaluated. Participated for the study, 51 elderly of both sexes, submitted to a structured questionnaire including clinical, anthropometric, biochemical and food, the latter compared to the criteria mentioned. The result of this study indicated according to the rules of NCEP-ATP III reviewed, 41.18% of the prevalence of MS in the total sample, while the IDF was superior in more than half of the elderly, with 60.78%. According to the NCEP-ATP III revised rates were lower, with 25% among Institutionalized Elderly and 55.56% among the not institutionalized. Institutionalized Elderly in groups and not institutionalized data were 37.5% and 81.48%, respectively, according to the IDF. Through these high data, it can be concluded that, in the studied population MS is a problem that comes from the Public Health. Requiring the health-care networks a detailed monitoring, by a multidisciplinary team, especially in Non-institutionalized Elderly.