Prevalence and Associated Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwanese Hospital Employees

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is most important because of its association with subsequent development of cardiovascular diseases. However, few studies about the prevalence of MS among hospital employees had been published.The aims of our study were to examine the prevalence of MS and associated factors. The up-to-date health examination data of 1,400 hospital employees of a medical center in North Taiwan were included, and MS was defined according to the criteria that were promulgated by the National Department of Health. The overall prevalence of MS was 10.3% (21.8% males, 7.0% females). Associated factors included male gender, aging, low education, administrative employees, abnormal hemoglobin concentration, and abnormal liver function indexes. According to our study, the prevalence of MS in hospital employees was lower than the general population, and the findings could be a reference to make more efficient health-promotion programs to lower the prevalence of MS in hospital employees.

Workplace Stress, Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, and Turnover Intention of Health Care Workers in Rural Taiwan

“…4 Medical professionals face workplace stress (WS) every day, which may lead to turnover and deconditioning. 5 Variation in stress depending on the specific medical job has been studied in some rural areas. For example, high caseloads, periods of increased activity, and staff shortages are some of the factors that contribute to stress in regional physiotherapists.…”

Fatty Liver and Metabolic Syndrome in Nonabdominally Obese Taiwanese Adults

“…Abdominal obesity, FLs, and the components of MetS have been discussed separately in many studies. 1,[13][14][15][16][17] However, not all abdominally obese individuals necessarily have an FL, and vice versa. 12 The characteristics for the association of MetS components with abdominal obesity and an FL have not been thoroughly investigated, especially for people with an FL who are not abdominally obese.…”

The Optimal Scaling Combination of Age and Body Mass Index as an Index of Metabolic Syndrome for Postmenopausal Taiwanese Women

“…Third, compared with some previous studies, ours had a larger sample size of postmenopausal women in which to examine the following associations: (1) dyslipidemia characterized by a serum TG level ≥1.695 mmol/L (150 mg/dL), (2) dyslipidemia characterized by a serum HDL-C level <50 mg/dL, (3) BP ≥130/85 mm Hg, and (4) FG ≥5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) WC is the most frequently used anthropometric index for the measurement of central obesity, and BMI is the most reliable measurement for determining obesity. 33,34 However, age is an important factor that should be considered before using WC or BMI as an index because aging can increase the effect of menopause on MS. Many of the features of MS (increased TG, reduced HDL-C, increased BP, increased FG, and central obesity) appear with estrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women.…”