title: [Nutrition, metabolic syndrome and morbid obesity].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity, and specifically morbid obesity (MO), is a chronic disease with serious health consequences related to the associated comorbidities and constitutes a leading risk factor for the metabolic syndrome (MS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the present study we analyze the abnormalities related to MO in the plasmatic levels of nutrients (both macro and micronutrients).
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively evaluated data of 497 patients, 369 women and 128 men diagnosed of MO. The average age of the patients was 40.07 (rank: 16-62). Previous to the study anthropometric measures, blood pressure (BP) and plasma levels of insulin and macronutrients and micronutrients were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The higher body mass index (BMI) in women and the waist circumference (WC) in both sexes demonstrates the existence of visceral obesity. Hypertensive disease (HD) was found in 18.6% of men and 33.5% of women. 55.1% of the men and 42.3% of the women had three or more criteria defining the risk of developing MetS. We found hyperglycemia, insulinemia and dyslipemia. We did not find protein malnutrition, but there were elevated values of reactive C-protein. Biochemical indicators of macro and micronutrients were not altered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high incidence of patients with HD, carriers of three or more criteria that defines the metabolic syndrome (SM), suggests that a very significant part of our patients suffered the metabolic syndrome (MS). The term metabolic syndrome defines the group of factors of metabolic risk of CVD, which is confirmed by the elevated levels of reactive C-protein. We did not find abnormalities in the plasmatic levels of biochemical markers of nutrients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles, Madrid, España. mruanogil@yahoo.es
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruano Gil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Silvestre Teruel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aguirregoicoa García
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Criado Gómez
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duque López
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García-Blanch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients