Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Military Police Officers of São Paulo City: The Health Promotion in Military Police (HPMP) Study

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Diego Ribeiro de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Erivan Nobre da, Santos, Leandro Porto dos, Oliveira , Laiane Cristina dos Santos de, Augusto, Daliana Toledo, Silva , Eliane Borges da, Gritte , Raquel Bragante, Souza-Siqueira, Talita, Scervino, Maria Vitória Martins, Poma , Sarah de Oliveira, Almeida, Mariana Mendes de, Diniz , Vinicius Leonardo Sousa, Passos , Maria Elizabeth Pereira, Domenech , Paola, Silveira, Amanda Santos de Almeida, Zambonatto, Raquel Freitas, Salgado , Beatriz Ferreira, Correa , Ilana, Manoel , Richelieau, Lobato, Tiago Bertola, Oliveira , Leandro Barbosa de, Morais , Aline Correia Costa de, Dias, Beatriz Belmiro, Borges , Leandro, Momesso , Cesar Miguel, Faria , Flavio Gomez, Regonato, Philipe Barreto, Pani , Nicolas Falconi, Lemos Junior, Jose Ribeiro, Hatanaka , Elaine, Bazotte, Roberto Barbosa, Cury-Boaventura, Maria Fernanda, Masi , Laureane Nunes, Levada-Pires , Adriana Cristina, Gorjão, Renata, Hirabara , Sandro Massao, Curi, Rui, Pithon-Curi, Tania Cristina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/21142
• topic: Policías; Hipertensión; Obesidad; Dislipidemia; Actividad policial.; Policiais; Hipertensão; Obesidade; Dislipidemia; Atividade policial.; Policeman; Hypertension; Obesity; Dyslipidemia; Police activity.

We determined the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among military police officers (MPOs) from the radio patrol program of the Military Police of Sao Paulo State (PMESP). Towards this goal, we analyzed the following characteristics: shift duty (daytime or nighttime patrol), service length in the PMESP, education level attained, weekly alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical activity of 93 MPOs. The MPO groups were created based on work shift [daytime (n=48) or nighttime (n=45)], and years of MPO experience [≤3 years (n=48) or ≥10 years (n=45)]. The overall prevalence of MetS among the 93 MPOs was 43%. There was a higher prevalence of MetS in the group with ≥ten years (53.3%) than that with ≤three years (33.3%); so, 1,6 times higher. The more prevalent MetS indicators (n=93) included waist circumference (76.3%), hypertension (55.9%), reduced plasma HDL-cholesterol levels (44%), hypertriglyceridemia (32.2%), and hyperglycemia (20.4%). Greater waist circumference, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, higher glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels, and MetS itself were associated with the service length (i.e., ≥ten years). The work shift was not associated with any MetS indicator. Those who were overweight or obese were 2.2. times more likely to develop MetS. Hypertriglyceridemia, the best indicator of the MetS, increased the chance of developing MetS by 16 times. Conclusion: MPOs exhibit a high prevalence of MetS, associated with the years of service and age.