Factors associated with metabolic syndrome in elderly residents in community

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Tuany Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Carneiro, José Ailton Oliveira, Costa, Silvania Moraes, Oliveira, Yndiara Novaes Santos de, Santos, Djanilson Barbosa dos, Casotti, Cézar Augusto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/19190
• topic: Síndrome x metabólico; Ancianos; Enfermedades cardiovasculares.; Metabolic syndrome X; Elderly; Cardiovascular diseases.; Síndrome X Metabólica; Idosos; Doenças cardiovasculares.

Objective: prevalence, prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome (MS) in community-dwelling elderly. Methodology: this is a cross-sectional study, nested in a population-based cohort, with 259 elderly people aged ≥60 years from the city of Aiquara-BA. Data collection was carried out from January to June 2015, in three phases: questionnaire request at home; measurement of anthropometric measurements; carrying out laboratory tests. The MS was identified using the criteria defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program's - Adult Treatment Panel III. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. The association between MS and ​​independent variables were verified through crude and adjusted analyzes using Poisson regression, with robust calculation of prevalence prevalence (PR), 95% confidence interval (95%CI), with p -value <0.05, adopting a hierarchical analysis model. Results: the prevalence of MS among the elderly was 45.6% and the main factors that remained associated after the adjusted analysis were female gender (PR = 1.65; 95%CI 1.25-2.18) and BMI, being overweight a risk factor (PR = 1.67; 95%CI 1.28-2.17) and underweight a protection factor (PR = 0.24; 95%CI 0.10-0.56). Conclusion: it´s concluded that the prevalence of MS in the elderly living in Aiquara-BA is high and is associated with female gender and obesity.