[Metabolic syndrome in adults from 20 to 40 years old in a rural Mexican community].
BACKGROUND
Metabolic syndrome is the main health problem in Mexico. Its two principal complications (ischemic cardiopathy and type-2 diabetes) are the two main causes of death in Mexico since 2000.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in adults from 20 to 40 years old in a Mexican rural community (Senegal de Palomas, San Juan del Río, Querétaro) using the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP III) definition.


METHODS
A descriptive study with a random sample was carried out. We present a univariate analysis with a 95% confidence interval.


RESULTS
73 cases were studied. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was 45.2% slightly higher in men (48.4%) than in women (42.8%). The prevalence of hypertension was 27.3%. The prevalence of obesity was 26.1% using the definition of the WHO and this prevalence rises up to 49.4% using the definition of the Mexican Official Norm. 90.5% of women and 93.5% of men had low HDLc.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in adults from 20 to 40 years old in this Mexican rural community is much higher than the national mean for the same age cohort. The results show the necessity to increase the research of our rural communities in order to identify the possible causes to this problem and to create therapeutic programs for patients with metabolic syndrome.
Echavarría-Pinto
Mauro
M
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México. mauroep@hotmail.com
Hernández-Lomelí
Adrián
A
Alcocer-Gamba
Marco Antonio
MA
Morales-Flores
Héctor
H
Vázquez-Mellado
Alberto
A
D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*