title: [Metabolic syndrome prevalence and clinical features in blood donors].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Metabolic syndrome (MS) including obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, etc.. is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It was reported that 15.9% of blood donors showed changes in fasting plasma glucose.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of MS in a population of healthy donors in a secondary hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study, included 726 healthy donors who attended the blood bank HGZ36. The SM was identified with at least 3 of 5 criteria of the NCEP ATPIII, we applied a structured questionnaire. We determined HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose Abnormal Fasting (GAA), hypertension (SAH), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (NCC). Plan Analysis: prevalence, t student, Chi2.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 726 donors, 85.1% were male, according to the ATPIII criteria, 54.8% (398) had a GAA, 63.2% (458) had hypertriglyceridemia, almost 17% (121) presented HDL hypocholesterolemia, 44.1% (320) were overweight by BMI, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 54.4%, in comparison by gender, men had a statistically significant difference compared to women, showing an OR = 2.27 (p = 0.0001, 95% CI 1.44-3.60).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MS is highly prevalent in this population, which involves implementing preventive measures, changes in lifestyles and identify risk factors to be free from diseases like diabetes, hypertension, obesity and MS itself.
authors.affiliation: Maestro en Salud Publica, Hospital General de Zona No 36 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico.
authors.forename: Aaron H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cruz del Castillo
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García Fierro
authors.forename: María I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Hess Moreno
authors.forename: Claudia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vigil Pérez
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Córdova Fernández
authors.forename: Marco P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chuck Santiago
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Domínguez Moreno
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose