title: [Correlation of metabolic syndrome components in older Mexican women].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In woman aged over 60 years, body changes occur and might cause insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between the components of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and body mass index in women over 60 years, attended at the Geriatric Services in the Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto Hospital in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed an observational, descriptive and transversal study with non-probability sampling, selecting 61 women aged 60 years attended from 2006 to 2008, who have measured the body mass index (BMI), insulin resistance and homeostasis model (HOMA2), and identifying the components of metabolic syndrome according to the criteria of the World Health Organization. We used descriptive and inferential statistics with r Pearson and Chi Square.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 68 years. The average HOMA2 were 1.4 and 75 percentile 1.9. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was present in 23%. The association test with a p < 0.05 was considered significant for metabolic syndrome dysglucemia and obesity, but not for other components of metabolic syndrome. The triglycerides level correlated with insulin resistance (r = 0.325, p = 0.011), insulin resistance with glucose (r = 0.535, p = 0.000) and insulin resistance with BMI (r = 0.282, p = 0.28).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to properly define the components for the presence of metabolic syndrome in older women due to not all who qualify as obese have metabolic syndrome, and neither all the metabolic syndrome are associated with insulin resistance. The single alteration of one of the components of metabolic syndrome is not sufficient to cause insulin resistance.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General de Zona Núm. 2, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México. draramirezarreola@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maria Cleofas
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Arriola
authors.forename: Margarita Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Romo
authors.forename: Marco Vinicio
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: González-Rubio
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: López-Esqueda
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Romo
authors.forename: José Fernando
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Velasco-Chávez
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose