Journal of Obesity & Weight Loss Therapy
Open Access

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among obese patients using the IDF definition and to identify factors that are associated with it. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional randomized study was conducted at four primary care centers inside Doha, Qatar. One hundred and thirty-six Adults, ΓΆΒ?Β¥18 Qatari obese patients, were chosen by systematic random sampling. They were interviewed and screened for the presence of metabolic syndrome, which was diagnosed according to the International Diabetes Federation criteria: An abdominal circumference ΓΆΒ?Β¥94 cm in males or ΓΆΒ?Β¥80 cm in females, plus any two of the following: HDL cholesterol <1.03 mmol/mL (<40 mg/dL) [males] or <1.3 mmol/mL (<50 mg/dL) [females], Triglycerides ΓΆΒ?Β¥1.7 mmol/mL (ΓΆΒ?Β¥150 mg/dL), Blood pressure ΓΆΒ?Β¥130/85 mmHg or the patient receiving antihypertensive treatment and baseline glycemia >5.6 mmol/mL (>100 mg/dL), or previously-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus. Results: The overall prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among obese patients was 46.3%. The prevalence was higher in females (50%) than in males (42.4%). It was seen to increase with increasing body mass index class, from class 1 to class 2. The prevalence of metabolic comorbidities of abnormal waist circumference, raised blood pressure, raised fasting blood glucose, high triglycerides, and reduced high density lipoprotein was 88.2, 42.6, 32.4, 31.6, and 27.9%, respectively. Based on the logistic regression multivariable analysis, increasing age and being diabetic were the only significant associated factors that influenced the risk of having the metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was high, and the highest comorbidities were abnormal waist circumference and high blood pressure. Diabetes and increasing age were the only significant risk factors of having this syndrome.

Biography

Mansoura Fawaz Salem Ismail is the A. Professor of Family Medicine in Clinical Medicine, at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and Assc. Program Director of Family Medicine Department, HMC-PHCC. She received her PhD in Family Medicine from Suez Canal University in Egypt, and since then has taught and dedicated most of her time in the field of Family Medicine Residency Training Program in Egypt and Qatar. She has written at least 15 articles published in regional and international journals in the field of Family Medicine. Some of her researches including Prevalence of Nocturnal Enuresis among Qatari Students Aged 6 to 12 years – Doha, Qatar 2008; Prevalence of Obesity in Qataris Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Doha, 2008; Metabolic Syndrome Among Obese Qataris Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Doha; etc.

Email: mansoura70@hotmail.com