Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with type 2 diabetes in southIndian patients

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome is describes as a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors, such as, abdominal
obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperglycaemia and hypertension. There are so many risk factors are common
in Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and many of these risk factors are highly correlated
with one another. The risk factors of the metabolic syndrome are of metabolic origin and composed of
atherogenic dyslipidemia, high plasma glucose level, elevated blood pressure, a prothrombotic state,
and a pro inflammatory state. The management of persons with metabolic syndrome should have to
focus not only on blood glucose control but also includes approaches for reduction of other
cardiovascular disease risk factors. The present study aims to understand the prevalence of metabolic
syndrome and its association with type 2 diabetes. The study group included 150 type 2 diabetes
patients in the age group ranging between 20-80 years. Waist and hip circumference, BMI, Blood
pressure, fasting blood glucose and Cholesterol tests like HDL and Triglycerides was determined.
Prevalence of individual risk factor for metabolic syndrome was determined out of 150 patients and
97 patients were observed with high blood pressure, 85 patients were observed with low levels of
HDL, 60 patients were observed with central obesity, 45 patients were observed with high
triglycerides and all 150 patients were observed with diabetes.