Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among breast cancer survivors in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract Background To date, limited data are available on metabolic syndrome prevalence among breast cancer survivors in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the of and abnormal components East Coast Peninsular Methods This cross-sectional included 95 (age 53.7 ± 7.6 years) who have completed main treatments for ≥6 months. Cancer were recruited from two government hospitals Kelantan Terengganu using a purposive sampling method. Results According Harmonized criteria, 50.5%. Among those with syndrome, most prevalent triglycerides (91.2%), fasting blood glucose (79.6%) HDL-c level (78.4%). Except total cholesterol LDL-c, all other significantly different ( p < 0.05) between without syndrome. Significant differences non-metabolic groups found weight, BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage stages 0.05). However, no significant relationship reported sociodemographic, clinical parameters study. Conclusions Metabolic highly survivors. It is recommended health care professionals closely monitor improve triglycerides, under their control detrimental effect