A frequência da síndrome metabólica em indivíduos obesos: comparação dos critérios vigentes IDF e NCEP-ATPIII

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Obesity appears as a worldwide epidemic, causing concerns and burden to public health. We analyzed the association between obesity and the cardiovascular risk factor of the metabolic syndrome (MS) by following the two criteria in effect: NCEP-ATPIII and IDF. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this work is to evaluate the frequency of MS in patients with a previous diagnosis of obesity. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional retrospective with 100 patients diagnosed with obesity. RESULTS: the sample comprises 100 patients, 89 women and 11 men.From the 100 patients, 34(%) reported performing pretreatment for DM2, (73%) for hypertension and 48(%) for dyslipidemia. According to the NCEP-ATPIII, 73 patients had MS, from which 79.45% carried Morbid Obesity (MO) and 20.54% did not (p=0.564). According to the IDF, 88 patients had MS, from which 77.27% carried MO and 22.73% did not (p=0.634). The average age of MS patients is 45.66 (±11.89) and of non-carriers is 39.70 (±11.06) years old (p=0.026), according to NCEP-ATPIII. According to IDF, the average age of MS patients was 44.94 (±12.12) and of non-carriers was 37.50 (±7.94) years old (p=0.042). The average age of the MO is 42.85 (±11.77) and of the non-morbid is 48.32 (±11.72) years old (p=0.057). CONCLUSION: We conclude that obese patients have a high frequency of MS and comorbidities. Not being the presence of the syndrome rising with the degree of obesity or as long it, showing only more frequent in patients with more advanced ages.