METABOLIC SYNDROME AMONG INPATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, 2019 - 2020

Vũ Thị Lan Phương, Nguyễn Trọng Hưng1, Phan Hướng Dương, Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương
1 National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease
and type 2 diabetes. The study aimed to identify the characteristics of MetS in 180
people with type 2 diabetes who are inpatient treatment at the Clinical Nutrition & Dietary Department, National Hospital of Endocrinology. MetS is diagnosed according to NCEP-ATPIII standard applied to Asians. The results showed that the prevalence of MetS in type 2 diabetics was 71,6%, men had lower incidence than women (65,6% and
81,9%, p<0,05) and there were differences between BMI groups. Among the component
factors of MetS, the highest incidence was hypertension 77,2%, followed by increased
triglycerides 62,2%, decreased HDL-C 56,6%, abdominal obesity 53,3%. Among people with MetS, the highest prevalence of 4 components (46,7%), followed by 3 components (27,7%) and up to 5 components had the lowest prevanlence (25,6%).

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