Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its Predicting Factors in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Ahvaz

Background and Objective: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the most important risk factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Ischemic heart disease. The aim of this study was to survey the prevalence of MetS among in T2DM patients and to compare the value of its predicting factors according to ATP III and IDF criteria.Subjects and Methods: In this was a cross-sectional study on 350 adult T2DM patients selected with simple random sampling from Ahvaz Diabetic Research Center Clinic in 2010, were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected by a questionnaire and measurement of HDL, cholesterol, triglyceride and detection of mircoalbuminuria. The data were analyzed by independent t-test, chi-score, and multivariate logistic regression with SPSS 18.Results: Prevalence of MetS according to ATP III and IDF criteria was 73.1% and 64.9% respectively (κ=0.675). With regard to both criteria, the peak prevalence of MetS was in the age group 50-59 year. HDL cholesterol had higher prevalence and odds ratio than other factors. Female gender, physical activity, microalbuminuria, triglyceride and HDL cholesterol had higher value of prediction for MetS than others. Conclusion: Prevalence of MetS in T2DM is high and female gender, physical activity, microalbuminuria, triglyceride and HDL were the predicting factors of MetS.