Gazi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2011 Nov-Dec;53(3):e263-6. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.021. Epub 2010 Dec 15.
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in Turkish elderly. All data were collected in a cross-sectional based survey on 266 elderly aged above 65 years living in capital city of Turkey, Ankara. MS was defined according to National Cholesterol Education Program: Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criteria. In the total sample of participants, the 61.7% (n=164) of the group has been diagnosed as MS. High blood pressure (BP) and waist circumference (WC) and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were the criteria of MS with highest prevalence in both gender. In addition female participants have higher systolic blood pressure (93.4%) and WC (79.1%) and lower HDL-C (69.2%) than the men (74.4%, 31.1% and 52.2% respectively). Weight correlated significantly with triglyceride (TG) and MS (p<0.001). WC was the anthropometric variable which had the highest correlation with the MS (r=0.338, p<0.001). Our study indicates that MS is highly prevalent in the elderly people particularly among women. Our findings may be helpful in formulating public health policies and prevention strategies focus on elderly population.
本研究旨在确定土耳其老年人代谢综合征（MS）的患病率。所有数据均来自于对居住在土耳其首都安卡拉的 266 名 65 岁以上老年人进行的横断面调查。MS 根据国家胆固醇教育计划：成人治疗专家组 III （NCEP ATP III）标准进行定义。在所有参与者中，有 61.7%（n=164）的人被诊断为 MS。高血压（BP）、腰围（WC）和低高密度脂蛋白胆固醇（HDL-C）是 MS 的标准，在男女中均具有最高的患病率。此外，女性参与者的收缩压（93.4%）和 WC（79.1%）高于男性（分别为 74.4%、31.1%和 52.2%），HDL-C 则低于男性（69.2%）。体重与甘油三酯（TG）和 MS 显著相关（p<0.001）。WC 是与 MS 相关性最高的人体测量学变量（r=0.338，p<0.001）。我们的研究表明，MS 在老年人中患病率很高，特别是在女性中。我们的发现可能有助于制定针对老年人口的公共卫生政策和预防策略。
