title: Frequency of the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetic subjects attending the diabetes clinic of a tertiary care hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency of the metabolic syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus wiho attended the diabetes clinic of Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study was conducted at the diabetes clinic of Liaquat National Hospital from June 2004 to December 2004. We enrolled 233 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Frequency of metabolic syndrome was estimated according to the criteria proposed by National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III), with adoption of the Asian criteria for abdominal obesity and recently proposed International Diabetes Federation (IDF) diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 233 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in whom 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women. Mean age was 49.9 years. By applying NCEP-ATP III criteria, metabolic syndrome was found in 79.7% type 2 diabetics, (45.5% women and 34.3% men), by applying IDF criteria, metabolic syndrome was identified in 68.1% of type 2 diabetics (43.7% women and 24.4% men).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study the frequency of the metabolic syndrome was found significantly high, especially in women and at a relatively young age of 49.9 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Syed Khalid
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Imam
authors.forename: Syed Khurram
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shahid
authors.forename: Asim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Zakir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Alvi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors