title: Relationship between health-related quality of life and clustering of metabolic syndrome diagnostic components.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association of the number of metabolic syndrome diagnostic components (MetS-DC) with health-related quality of life (HR-QOL).
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined the baseline data from 4,480 healthy workers in Japan (3,668 men and 812 women) aged 19-69 years. We assessed HR-QOL based on scores for five scales of the SF-36. We defined four components for MetS in this study as follows: (1) high blood pressure (BP); (2) dyslipidemia; (3) impaired glucose tolerance; and (4) overweight: a body mass index ≥25 kg/m(2). Logistic regression analysis adjusted for lifestyle factors was used to examine the association of the number of MetS-DC with the HR-QOL sub-scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Those who had 0-4 MetS-DC accounted for 2,287, 1,135, 722, 282, and 54 participants. The number of MetS-DC inversely contributed significantly to General Health (norm-based scoring >50) (odd ratios [OR] 0.59-0.82, P < 0.05) and positively associated with Mental Health (OR 1.37, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When adjusted for lifestyle factors, the number of MetS-DC was inversely associated with General Health and positively with Mental Health in men and women.
authors: Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kyoto Women's University, 35 Imakumano, Kyoto 605-8501, Japan.
authors: Sayuri
authors: S
authors: Katano
authors: Yasuyuki
authors: Y
authors: Nakamura
authors: Aki
authors: A
authors: Nakamura
authors: Yoshimi
authors: Y
authors: Suzukamo
authors: Yoshitaka
authors: Y
authors: Murakami
authors: Taichiro
authors: T
authors: Tanaka
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Okayama
authors: Katsuyuki
authors: K
authors: Miura
authors: Tomonori
authors: T
authors: Okamura
authors: Shunichi
authors: S
authors: Fukuhara
authors: Hirotsugu
authors: H
authors: Ueshima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011788:Quality of Life; D055815:Young Adult