[Comparison of the metabolic syndrome risk factor prevalence forty and fifty something women].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to compare metabolic syndrome (MS) risk factor prevalence by obesity and age in middle-aged women.


METHODS
Two hundred and fifty-one subjects were recruited from the health promotion center of a tertiary care hospital in an urban city. MS was defined by the third report of the national cholesterol education program (NCEP) expert panel on detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults(Adult Treatment Panel III)(ATPIII), and obesity was determined by body mass index(BMI)>/= 25kg/m(2).


RESULTS
The mean blood pressure, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride were significantly higher in the obese group than in the non-obese group. The prevalence of MS, hypertension, and impaired fasting glucose were significantly higher in the obese group than in the non-obese group. In the forties, blood pressure was significantly higher in the obese group than in the non-obese group. In the fifties, body fat, systolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, total cholesterol, and triglyceride were significantly higher in the obese group than in the non-obese group.


CONCLUSIONS
These results show that the nurse should focus on the obese fifty year old female patients for improvement of the MS risk factors.
Kim
Hee Seung
HS
College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. hees@catholic.ac.kr
Oh
Jeong Ah
JA
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016387:Women's Health
D002784:Cholesterol