title: Metabolic syndrome in vitiligo patients among a semi-urban Maharashtrian population: A case control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its correlation with the severity and duration of vitiligo.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred vitiligo patients and 100 age-and-sex matched controls were included, whose waist circumference and blood pressure were measured; fasting serum cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose levels quantified; disease severity assessed and metabolic syndrome defined by National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Metabolic syndrome (24%:12%), hypertriglyceridemia (41%:24%), impaired glucose tolerance (25%:16%) [P<0.05] and low HDL (P=0.044) were significantly more prevalent in cases as compared to controls as were the mean values of triglycerides and fasting blood sugar. Increased mean age of vitiligo patients correlated with the presence of metabolic syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Metabolic syndrome had significant presence in but remained unaffected by the severity of vitiligo in our study patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, India. Electronic address: yugalsharmadr@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, India. Electronic address: bansalprakhar10@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prakhar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, India. Electronic address: shrutsss.6@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune, India. Electronic address: drnarenprakash@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Naren
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D014505:Urban Population; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Dyslipidemia; Metabolic syndrome; Vitiligo