[Lack of association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in Colombian adults].
BACKGROUND
There is a possible association depressive symptoms (DS) and metabolic syndrome (MS), to the extent that treating one condition improves the other.


OBJECTIVE
To estimate the association between MS and DS among the employees of a medical school.


METHODS
Cross sectional study of 159 people aged 41+/-11 years (88 men). MS was evaluated according to International Diabetes Federation (IDF), National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)/Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP-III) and ATP-IIIa criteria and the depression questionnaire of the Center for Epidemiológical Studies (CES-D) was used for DS. A multivariate logistic regression was performed adjusting for age and gender.


RESULTS
The prevalence of MS according to ATP-III was 13.2% (95% CI: 8.4-19.5), to ATP-IIIa was 34.0% (95% CI: 26.6-41.9) and to IDF was 33.3% (95% CI: 26.1-41.2). The prevalence of clinically relevant SD was 15.1% (95% CI: 9.9-21.6). No significant association was found between DS and MS according to the different criteria: ATP-III OR 1.30 (95% CI: 0.40-4.24), ATP-IIIa OR 0.94 (95% CI: 0.37-2.33), IDF OR 1.20 (95% CI: 0.49-2.95).


CONCLUSIONS
In this series, no association was observed between MS and depression.
Díaz-Martínez
Luis
L
Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia. genesis@unab.edu.co
Serrano
Norma
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Pinzón
Juan
J
Mantilla
Gerardo
G
Velasco
Harvy
H
Martínez
Luz
L
Millán
Paula
P
Acevedo
Sandra
S
Moreno
Daniel
D
Sus
Sara E
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires