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Background:Metabolic syndrome(MetS) is a cluster of coronary risk factors such as diabetes and pre-diabetes, abdominal obesity, high triglyceride (TG), low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) levels and high blood pressure (BP). It is estimated that around a quarter of the world’s adult population have MetS and they are twice as likely to die from it and three times as likely to have a coronary event or stroke compared with people without the syndrome. Methods:This observational descriptive study was conducted at the Department of General Medicine, Federal Government Polyclinic Islamabad. All type-2 diabetics presenting in the outpatient and inpatient department during 11months between the ages of 30–80 were enrolled. They were interviewed;blood pressure, waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, and lipid profiles were checked. Results:Of the 300 patients 165 (55%) were females and 135 (45%) were males with mean age 52.47±11.24 years. The mean duration of Diabetes Mellitus was 7.38±3.85 years. Metabolic Syndrome was present in 83% of the study population, 129(43%) were male and 171(57%) were female. The p-value was statistically significant on comparing the presence of the Metabolic Syndrome with waist circumference, serumtriglyceride levels, and blood pressure as it was <0.05. The most commonly occurring finding was a decreased HDL-cholesterol in both genders.Conclusions:TheMetS was present in 83% of the diabetic population, mostly in females with decreased HDL-cholesterol being the most common in both genders
Dr. Adil Naseer Khan,, Adil Naseer Khan, SaadiaYasir, Urooj Taheed Baluch. (2016) FREQUENCY OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS, JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE ABBOTTABAD, Volume 28, Issue 1.
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