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| مریم برادران بی نظیر | اول |
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| خلاصه مقاله | Background and Aim: The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a group of associated MS risk factors that are identified by abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high fasting blood glucose level, raised triglycerides, and decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) differs among populations. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of MS and its risk factors among rural old women in the Saeidabad village, East Azarbaijan on province, Iran. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on the rural women aged older than 60 years in Saeidabad, East Azarbayjan, Iran. The study conducted from January to June 2022 in the primary health center. Participants consisted of 258 women, who were chosen applying Krejcie and Morgan’s table. Blood sample for measuring fasting blood glucose, lipid profile was obtained. Simultaneously, the health providers measured their blood pressure in mm Hg and waist circumference in cm. The MS was identified based on the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. Data analysis was done applying chi-square test with a P<0.05 by SPSS software (version 16). Results: Totally 258 rural women participated in our study. More than half of participants had high waist circumference (51.4%). The mean age (SD) of women was 65.7(2.2) years. More than 40 % of rural old women had MS (41.8%). Our study demonstrated that the prevalence of MS was high among rural old women and increased with increasing age. Among married and physically inactive old women the prevalence of MS was higher than others (p= 0.001). Conclusion: our study demonstrated that the prevalence of MS was high among rural old women and increased with increasing age. The factor of MS that was most prevalent in the rural old women included high waist circumference. |
| کلمات کلیدی | Metabolic Syndrome, old women, prevalence, rural |
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| 2.png | 1403/03/26 | 372291 | دانلود |
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