Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an elderly population of Tabriz, Iran

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) among elderly people in Tabriz. Methods: All data were collected in a cross-sectional survey on 350 participants aged 65-90 years. The prevalence of MetS was estimated using the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATPIII). Results: In total, 55.4% (n=194) of the study population has been diagnosed as MetS. High blood pressure (BP) and waist circumference (WC) both were the criteria for MetS diagnosis with the most prevalent in both genders. In addition women had higher WC (87.0%) and lower high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (54.5%) than men (36.7% and 39.3%, respectively). Conclusion: MetS was highly prevalent in this elderly people, particularly in women. Appropriate communitybased strategies for to prevention of MetS components are necessary for successful aging. *Corresponding author: Alirza Ostadrahimi, Nationa Progam Management Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, E-mail: ostadrahimi@ tbzmed.ac.ir Received October 26, 2011; Accepted November 22, 2011; Published November 25, 2011 Citation: Frootan M, Mahdavi R,Moradi T, Mobasseri M, Farrin N, et al. (2011) Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an elderly population of Tabriz, Iran. Endocrinol Metabol Syndrome S1:003. doi:10.4172/2161-1017.S1-003 Copyright: © 2011 Frootan M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.