학술논문
Sex, BMI and age differences in metabolic syndrome: the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Endocrine Connections, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 278-288 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2049-3614
Abstract
Introduction: To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its individual components within sex-, body mass index (BMI)- and age combined clusters. In addition, we used the age-adjusted blood pressure thresholds to demonstrate the effect on the prevalence of MetS and elevated blood pressure. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional data from 74,531 Western European participants, aged 18–79 years, were used from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study. MetS was defined according to the revised NCEP-ATPIII. Age-adjusted blood pressure thresholds were defined as recommended by the eight reports of the Joint National Committee (≥140/90 mmHg for those aged