[Relationship between metabolic syndrome and stroke in Chinese people].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the relationship between metabolic syndrome and stroke in Chinese people.


METHODS
Data were presented for 23080 men and 25553 women aged more than 15 years old from National Nutrition and Health Survey, 2002. Metabolic syndrome definition was recommended by the CDS.


RESULTS
The metabolic syndrome was significantly related with stroke( OR = 5.998,95% C14.799 - 7.496) in univariate logistic analysis, after being adjusted for age, sex, area, education, physical activity smoking and drinking, the relationship still exists between the metabolic syndrome and stroke( OR = 3.114,95 % CI ,2.432 - 3.987) . Among the component conditions, hypertension was the most leading factor associated with stroke. And individual with more components has more possibility to be affiliated with stroke (P < 0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
The metabolic syndrome was significantly associated with stroke in Chinese people, the metabolic syndrome and its' components should be prevented to avoid the prevalence of stroke in Chinese.
Zhai
Feng-ying
FY
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100050, China.
Hu
Yi-song
YS
Yao
Chong-hua
CH
Wang
Wen-zhi
WZ
Piao
Jian-hua
JH
Yang
Xiao-guang
XG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology