Prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to ATPIII and IDF criteria in the Iranian population

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a collection of metabolic disorders that increase the risk ofcardiovascular diseases (CVD) and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by abdominal obesity,hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL level, hyperglycemia and HTN. With regard to the development of CVDdisease in recent years, the present study was completed to determine the degree of metabolic syndromeprevalence in the adult population of Semnan province.Materials and Methods: This epidemiological cross-sectional study was carried out in the province ofSemnan (Iran) on 3799 individuals between 30 and 70 years of age. In the study, multi-stage individualswere randomly selected from urban and rural environments and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome wasdetermined according to ATPIII and IDF criteria.Results: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to ATPIII and IDF was 28.5% and 35.8%respectively, and increased with age in both sexes. The highest degree of prevalence was seen in the above-60-years age group. The Prevalence of metabolic syndrome was significantly higher in women on basis ofboth definitions; it was higher among non-smokers on basis of the IDF definition (P<0.05) .Decrease in theprevalence of the syndrome had significant relation to literacy. There was no significant difference ofmetabolic syndrome prevalence between urban and rural settings. Among the risk factors of metabolicsyndrome according to ATPIII and IDF, high triglycerides (40.8%) and abdominal obesity (70.8%) had thehighest prevalence respectively.Conclusion: The findings show the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the 30 to 70 year-oldpopulation. Therefore, the identification of the risk factors should be attempted to prevent syndromeacquisition.