Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences | |
Socio demographic and lifestyle factors of metabolic syndrome among adult rural indigenous Malaysian population from Perak State, Malaysia | |
Osman Ali1  Sandheep Sugathan2  Myint Myint Soe3  Sabaridah Ismail3  Waseem Ahmad3  | |
[1] Corresponding author at: Associate Professor in Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Quest International University Perak, 30250, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.;Department of Community Medicine, Quest International University Perak, Malaysia;Department of Public Health, Community Based Department, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL RCMP, Malaysia; | |
关键词: Metabolic syndrome; Malays; Orang Aslis; Malaysia; Lifestyle factors; Nutritional factors; | |
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来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as a cluster of known disorders that increase the risk for morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This cross sectional study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of MetS using Adult Treatment Panel 3 (ATP 3) classification and socio-demographic and lifestyle factors contributing to metabolic syndrome among rural indigenous Malaysian population from Perak state, Malaysia which included 148 rural Malay and 145 Orang Asli(OA) individuals. This community based cross-sectional study revealed that the prevalence of MetS was significantly higher among Malays (27.7%) as compared to Orang Aslis (13.8%). Overall Prevalence of Metabolic syndrome in the rural indigenous Malaysian population was 20.8%. Prevalence of abdominal obesity and high blood pressure were significantly higher among Malays as compared to OA population. Metabolic syndrome was significantly higher among those above 45 years of age group in overall rural indigenous Malaysian population and among OA. The prevalence of MetS was significantly higher among those who were obese and overweight and among Malays who were regularly taking snacks between meals. There was no significant association between other dietary risk factors, smoking, alcohol use or physical activity with metabolic syndrome.
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