Central obesity and metabolic syndrome in community residents

Abstract

Objective To assess the relationship between central obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) in community population. Methods One thousand and fifty-three individuals aged ≥18 (mean, 45.6), including 542 men and 511 women, were recruited for questionnaire survey and medical examination from 4 communities of Hangzhou during March and November 2007.Their blood pressure, waist circumference, serum glucose, lipid profile, and other biochemical markers were measured.All data were used for variance analysis. Results The prevalence of MS, central obesity, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus (DM) was 11.2%, 23.6%, 30.5%, and 8.5%, respectively.The prevalence of MS, DM, and hypertension was increased with waist circumference (P<0.05). Waist circumference was positively correlated to body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DSP), fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, and triglyceride (r=0.812, 0.649, 0.712, 0.657, 0.598, and 0.676, respectively), although negatively with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (r=-0.578). Waist circumference also showed positive relationship with the number of lipid metabolism abnormity (r=0.658, P<0.01). Conclusion For Hangzhou community population, central obesity might be one of the risk factors of MS. Key words: Obesity; Metabolic syndrome X; Community healthcare services