title: Metabolic syndrome in connection with BMI in young Finnish male adults.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in relation to different Body Mass Index (BMI) categories in young Finnish males. Different components of MetS were assessed in 1099 healthy Finnish male military conscripts of about 19 years of age. Prevalence of MetS and its components, according to criteria given by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII), were calculated for different BMI categories. Based on the complete sample, prevalence of MetS, according to IDF and ATPIII criteria, was 6.8 and 3.5%, respectively. MetS prevalence increased in parallel with an increase in BMI. In obese persons it occurred in 55.4 and 27.2% according to IDF and ATPIII criteria, respectively. Our observations on MetS prevalences (which were especially high in obese service men) were in line with those few studies carried out earlier in the USA. We recommend that health education focus on those individuals that show an elevated risk of developing, already in young adulthood, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, Oulu, Finland. imatero@student.oulu.fi
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mikkola
authors.forename: Sirkka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
authors.forename: Mauri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laakso
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jokelainen
authors.forename: Pirjo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Härkönen
authors.forename: V Benno
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Meyer-Rochow
authors.forename: Anna-Kaisa
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Juuti
authors.forename: Ari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peitso
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Timonen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence