A Study on Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Young  Medicos of South Karnataka

Authors

Metabolic syndrome, prevalence, medicos.

Background: It has been calculated that Non Communicable Diseases cause 68% mortality across the world,

but mostly in low and middle income countries. Southeast Asia has seen growing NCD deaths since 2000. 60%

of total deaths in India in 2012 were attributed to NCDs. International Diabetic Federation (IDF) consisting

of experts from various countries and organizations has adopted a definition of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)

which is an aggregation of fatal heart attack risk factors, diabetes and pre-diabetes, abdominal obesity,

high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome

in medical students and determine the behavioral risk factors associated with it. Material and Method:

A cross sectional study was conducted on sample of 110 randomly selected medical students of second

year MBBS. Sample size calculated keeping the prevalence of metabolic syndrome 21% with precision of

10% and confidence level of 99%. Data was processed using latest SPSS version. Descriptive statistics, chi

square, odds ratio and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. Results: Out of 110 medical

students 54 (49.09%) were males and 56 (50.91%) were females. Based on IDF criteria, only 10 (9.09%) had

Metabolic Syndrome. The prevalence of individual parameters for Metabolic Syndrome were abdominal

obesity (100%), low HDL (60%), High TG 80%, High FBS 50% and raised Blood Pressure 20%. Low

intake of fruits was found in 90% and high sugar intake was found among 70% and low level of physical

activity was reported in 80% students. Overall risk factors were found in 66% cases. Conclusions: This

study concludes that prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 9.09% among young medicos. The prevalence

of individual components for metabolic syndrome highest was TG 80%, followed by low HDL then high

FBS 50% and raised Blood Pressure 20%. About 66% of young medico showed at least one risk factor for

developing Metabolic Syndrome.

Jai Prakash1 , Venkatesh P2 , Rajesh S.S3 , Krishna Iyengar4

1 Professor, 2 Associate Professor, 3 Assistant Professor, 4 Professor & HOD, Community Medicine Dept., Sri

Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur