Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors in university students

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa,José Bonifácio
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Santos,Alcione Miranda dos, Barbosa,Marcelo Mesquita, Barbosa,Márcio Mesquita, Carvalho,Carolina Abreu de, Fonseca,Poliana Cristina de Almeida, Fonseca,Jessica Magalhães, Barbosa,Maria do Carmo Lacerda, Bogea,Eduarda Gomes, Silva,Antônio Augusto Moura da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232016000401123
• topic: Metabolic Syndrome X; Insulin resistance; Risk factors; Cardiovascular diseases; Young adult

Abstract A cross-sectional population-based study using questionnaire and anthropometric data was conducted on 968 university students of São Luís, Brazil, from which 590 showed up for blood collection. In the statistical analysis the Student t-test, Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests were used. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome by the Joint Interim Statement (JIS) criteria was 20.5%, almost three times more prevalent in men (32.2%) than in women (13.5%) (P < 0.001). The prevalence of insulin resistance was 7.3% and the prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol was high (61.2%), both with no statistically significant differences by sex. Men showed a higher percentage of smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high blood glucose and increased fasting hypertriglyceridemia. Women were more sedentary. University students of private institutions had higher prevalences of sedentary lifestyle, obesity, abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides and metabolic syndrome than students from public institutions. High prevalences of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors were found in this young population. This suggests that the burden of these diseases in the future will be increased.