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- Title
AGE AS A CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME TREATED IN AN OUTPATIENT SERVICE.
- Authors
Guedes, Macksuelle Regina Angst; Vicentini, Andréa Pereira; Soare, Fabíola Lacerda Pires
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess age as a cardiovascular risk factor in patients with and without metabolic syndrome treated in an outpatient nutrition service. Methods: Sociodemographic, behavioral, anthropometric and clinical data, including dietary intake, were collected. Results: Participants were 56 adults aged on average 45 ± 10.9 years. Of these, 29 (51.7%) had three or more risk factors for metabolic syndrome, and the most frequent were dislypidemia (p<0.001), hypertension (p<0.001), insulin resistance/diabetes mellitus (p<0.001) and high waist circumference (107.2 ± 14.1cm). Physical inactivity was detected in 75.9% of patients with metabolic syndrome. There was a statistically significant difference regarding mean age between groups, and individuals with metabolic syndrome had higher mean age (49.6 ± 7.5 years; p<0.001). Regarding daily food intake, there was no statistically significant difference between groups. Conclusion: It was concluded that age is possibly a major factor for the development of metabolic syndrome. Thus, appropriate nutrition intervention in the younger population is needed to prevent the progress of metabolic syndrome over time caused by increasing obesity and its several metabolic disorders that cultminate in metabolic syndrome.
- Subjects
CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; METABOLIC syndrome treatment; OUTPATIENT medical care
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 69, p17
- ISSN
1981-9919
- Publication type
Article