title: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the general Japanese population in 2000.
abstract: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Japanese general population, we analyzed data from a nationwide survey conducted in 2000. According to the Japanese new diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome in 2005, we analyzed 3,264 people aged from 20 to 79 (men, 1,917; women, 1,347) from the total participants. The incidence of metabolic syndrome was 7.8%. Men had a higher incidence (12.1%) than women (1.7%). Most of the women satisfying the criteria were 50 years old or over, while the incidence in men started to rise from their 30s. When we applied the criteria of Adult Treatment Panel III, the incidence was about 3-fold higher. In this population visceral obesity was associated with metabolic abnormalities, such as higher LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, and blood pressure and lower HDL-cholesterol. Thus we determined the incidence of metabolic syndrome and each metabolic abnormality in the Japanese general population in 2000 and found an association of visceral obesity with metabolic abnormalities. Intervention to reduce the incidence of metabolic syndrome in Japan is necessary to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. harai@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mabuchi
authors.forename: Tamio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Jun
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authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Hiroshige
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horibe
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shirahashi
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL