Metabolic syndrome prevalence in an urban African American population

Shaya, Fadia T.; Gu, Anna; Saunders, Elijah

doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2007.05.003

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“…The prevalence of MetS is rapidly increasing, with considerable ethnic variation within and across populations (8)(9)(10)(11) depending on different studies (12-15) (due to the probably polygenic predisposition of the studied populations, their exposure to environmental factors, and the diagnostic criteria used) (16)(17)(18)(19). Values reported for various populations (US Asian Indians, Native American population, African American population, Chinese population, Indian population, Northern Jordanians, Lebanese population, Iranian population, Spanish population, Turkish Mediterranean population, Greek Mediterranean population, Slovakian population, Australian population) have generally ranged between 30% and 50% (20)(21)(22).…”

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Unhealthy lifestyle and the risk of metabolic syndrome - the Romanian experience

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Sitar-Tăut²,

Urian³

et al. 2018

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Background. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a clustering of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Many studies have shown the influence of an unhealthy lifestyle on the risk of MetS, yet some aspects remain controversial. Aim of the study: to investigate the relationship between an unhealthy lifestyle and the risk of MetS. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted using a sample of 181 patients, 54 (29.8%) males and 127 (70.2%) females, aged 59.95±10.8 years. The baseline survey involved the completion of structured questionnaires and clinical examination. Results. Rural environment, lower education level, past smoking, the absence of fruit/vegetables in the diet, carbonated soft drinks, and the consumption of significant amounts of alcohol were risk factors for the MetS. Conclusion. A precise etiology for the MetS remains unclear, but it is known to result from a complex interaction of genetic, metabolic, and socioeconomic and environmental factors.

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Unhealthy lifestyle and the risk of metabolic syndrome - the Romanian experience

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Sitar-Tăut²,

Urian³

et al. 2018

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“…The analyses of the study signal the diagnosis of diabetes, the diagnosis of hypertension, and smoking as factors associated with MS. Statistically considerable results were found between the analyses of the prevalence of MS and diabetes, highlighting a significant increase in the studied sample 24 . MS exposes disastrous conditions, since it has a high prevalence and is associated with an increase in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 25 .…”

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Factores asociados con síndrome metabólico y calidad de vida de adultos en un municipio noreste de brasileño

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Introducción: El Síndrome Metabólico (SM) se considera actualmente una enfermedad multifactorial relacionada con la inflamación asintomática, insidiosa y deletérea que predispone al individuo a la vulnerabilidad al agregar marcadores de riesgo cardiovascular. Objetivo: analizar los factores asociados al síndrome metabólico y calidad de vida en adultos usuarios de una unidad de salud. Materiales y Métodos: estudio transversal realizado con 108 usuarios adultos. La recogida de datos se realizó mediante un cuestionario sociodemográfico, clínico y metabólico, estructurado y mediante el cuestionario The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Para el diagnóstico de Síndrome Metabólico se utilizaron los siguientes criterios: aumento de la circunferencia abdominal e hipertensión arterial, diabetes, hipertrigliceridemia y colesterol HDL bajo. El análisis estadístico se realizó utilizando el software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0. Resultados: Se identificó síndrome metabólico en el 88,0% de los adultos. De este total de usuarios evaluados con el síndrome, el 87,4% de los individuos eran mujeres; 71,7% con diabetes; 87,0% tenía hipertensión arterial; Se identificó sedentarismo en 53,7%. En la valoración del IMC, predominaron el sobrepeso y la obesidad en 68,4% y 24,9%, respectivamente. Los dominios con las puntuaciones más bajas de calidad de vida fueron Salud general y Vitalidad. Conclusiones: el estudio permitió identificar el Síndrome Metabólico en la mayoría de los adultos evaluados. Hubo una baja percepción de la calidad de vida entre los adultos en todos los dominios, excepto en los aspectos físicos y vitalidad. Por tanto, es necesaria la vigilancia y educación sanitaria de la población estudiada y la mejora de su calidad de vida. Como citar este artículo: Santos, Isleide Santana Cardoso; Boery, Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira; Fernandes, Josicélia Dumêt; Rosa, Randson Souza; Ribeiro, Ícaro José dos Santos; Souza, Andréa dos Santos. Factors associated with metabolic syndrome and quality of life of adults in a northeast brazilian municipality. Revista Cuidarte. 2021;12(2):e.1678 http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte1678

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“…While the adverse consequences of MetS overall are substantial, it is particularly impactful on African Americans, especially those who reside in low-resource urban settings [4, 5]. Urban dwelling African Americans experience some of the highest rates of MetS [6] and compared to Caucasians, disparities in prevention and treatment contribute to disproportionate development of CVD related morbidity and mortality [5, 7].…”

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Feasibility of a behavioral automaticity intervention among African Americans at risk for metabolic syndrome

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Background Targeting habit-development (behavioral automaticity) as part of healthy lifestyle behavior change interventions may improve the adoption and maintenance of healthful behaviors. Few studies, however, have evaluated the feasibility of using a habit-development approach to foster the adoption of recommended physical activity and dietary behaviors. We report quantitative and qualitative data from a feasibility study evaluating a habit-formation intervention to foster healthy dietary and physical activity habits among middle aged African Americans with metabolic syndrome. Methods Using a non-comparative design we evaluated the feasibility an 8-week, hybrid format (telecoaching and face-to-face sessions), habit-focused intervention targeting the development of healthful dietary and physical activity habit development among 24 African Americans aged 40 and older with metabolic syndrome recruited from the emergency department – a setting where individuals in under-resourced communities often go for primary care. We administered behavioral automaticity measures tailored to participants’ self-selected habits biweekly during the intervention and collected clinical outcomes of systolic blood pressure, weight, waist circumference, and BMI at baseline week 20. Results Participant attrition from the program was high (~ 50%). Despite high levels of attrition, 92% of intervention completers were extremely satisfied with the program. Intervention completers also experienced gains in behavioral automaticity for both dietary and physical activity habits. Overall, higher levels of adherence were associated with higher positive gains in automaticity with the statistical significance of the associations being more pronounced for physical activity habit plans relative to dietary habit plans. Conclusions Our preliminary data support a habit-development approach for fostering the adoption of healthful dietary and physical activity habits. However, in this pilot study high rates of attrition were seen, suggesting that strategies to improve retention and participant engagement should be included in future studies, particularly when targeting African American emergency department patients. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03370419 Registered 12/11/2017, retrospectively registered. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-6675-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Metabolic syndrome prevalence in an urban African American population

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Unhealthy lifestyle and the risk of metabolic syndrome - the Romanian experience

Unhealthy lifestyle and the risk of metabolic syndrome - the Romanian experience

Factores asociados con síndrome metabólico y calidad de vida de adultos en un municipio noreste de brasileño

Feasibility of a behavioral automaticity intervention among African Americans at risk for metabolic syndrome

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