title: [Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its risk factors: results of a large work-site health assessment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Facing the demographic change, cardiovascular risk factors have been assessed within an occupational checkup to establish health programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 2006 to 2007, anthropometric and blood parameters of 27 359 employees of a large company of the German automobile industry were collected aiming to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (by NCEP ATP III) and its risk factors. Data from 3048 employees (fasting state) were analyzed (age: ∅ 39,4 ± 10,3 years, 81.4% males).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common risk factors were hypertension ≥ 130/85 mmHg (men [m]: 74,4%, 95%-confidence interval [CI] 73-76%, women [w]: 47,1%, 95%-CI 43-51%), elevated triglycerides (≥ 150 mg/dl; m: 32,8%, 95%-CI 31-35%, w: 13,8%, 95%-CI 11-17%) and waist-circumferences (> 102 cm for men: 15,1%, 95%-CI 14-17%; > 88 cm for women: 16,9%, 95%-CI 14-20%). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (≥ 3 risk factors) was 11,7% (95%-CI 12-15%; m: 12,7%, 95%-CI 11-14%, w: 7,4%, 95%-CI 6-10%) increasing with physical inactivity and rising age up to 20%. The prevalence of hypertension in young (< 20 years) and elder men (≥ 50 years) was similarly high (79,1%, 95%-CI 70-86% vs. 79,9%, 95%-CI 75-82%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in this sample is rather low, but 75% of the men and nearly 50% of the women had hypertension. Health programs should focus on this risk factor in particular.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl und Poliklinik für Prävention, Rehabilitation und Sportmedizin, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schaller
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsmanagement, BMW Group, München.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blume
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl und Poliklinik für Prävention, Rehabilitation und Sportmedizin, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanssen
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl und Poliklinik für Prävention, Rehabilitation und Sportmedizin, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Trucksäss
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitsmanagement, BMW Group, München.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bischof
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl und Poliklinik für Prävention, Rehabilitation und Sportmedizin, Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D012307:Risk Factors