title: The metabolic syndrome: prevalence and risk factors in the urban population of Ho Chi Minh City.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MeS) and its risk factors in urban population of Ho Chi Minh City. A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City with 611 participants. The demographic, socio-economic details, anthropometric indexes and blood pressure were recorded. A fasting blood sample was collected for the analyses of glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). MeS was defined by presence of three or more of the following components: abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL-cholesterolemia, high blood pressure and high fasting plasma glucose. The crude prevalence of MeS was 18.5% (95% CI: 15.5-21.9). After age, sex standardization, this prevalence was 12.0% (95% CI: 10.9-13.2). The prevalence increased with age and sedentary work. Subjects with MeS had significantly higher body fat percentage than that of normal subjects. Metabolic syndrome showed a positive association with age, body fat percentage and sedentary occupation. This first study on MeS showed that 12% adults in urban areas of Ho Chi Minh City had metabolic syndrome. It suggests that MeS is becoming a noteworthy health problem in Vietnam and to the early detection and appropriate intervention as well as healthy lifestyle education programs need to be established.
authors.affiliation: International Public Health Nutrition, Tokushima University Graduate School of Health Biosciences, 3 Kuramoto, Tokushima City 770-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Le Nguyen Trung Duc
authors.initials: le NT
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kunii
authors.forename: Nguyen Thi Kim
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012907:Smoking; D014505:Urban Population; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology