PMID- 24194915 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150224 LR - 20220409 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2013 TI - Gender differences in the prevalence and development of metabolic syndrome in Chinese population with abdominal obesity. PG - e78270 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0078270 [doi] LID - e78270 AB - BACKGROUND: Not all the people with metabolic syndrome (MS) have abdominal obesity (AO). The study aimed to investigate gender differences in the prevalence and development of MS in Chinese population with abdominal obesity, which has rarely been reported. METHODS: Data were obtained from the 2007-08 China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study, and participants were divided into two samples for analysis. Sample 1 consisted of 19,046 people with abdominal obesity, while sample 2 included 2,124 people meeting pre-specified requirements. Survival analysis was used to analyze the development of MS. RESULTS: The age-standardized prevalence of MS in Chinese population with AO was 49.5%. The prevalence in males (73.7%) was significantly higher than that in females (36.9%). Males had significantly higher proportions of combinations of three or four MS components than females (36.4% vs. 30.2% and 18.4% vs. 5%, respectively). MS developed quick at first and became slow down later. Half of the participants with AO developed to MS after 3.9 years (95% CI: 3.7-4.1) from the initial metabolic abnormal component, whereas 75% developed to MS after 7.7 years (95% CI: 7.5-7.9). CONCLUSION: Compared with females, Chinese males with AO should receive more attention because of their higher prevalence of MS and its components, more complex and risky combinations of abnormal components, and faster development of MS. FAU - Xu, Shaoyong AU - Xu S AD - Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. FAU - Gao, Bin AU - Gao B FAU - Xing, Ying AU - Xing Y FAU - Ming, Jie AU - Ming J FAU - Bao, Junxiang AU - Bao J FAU - Zhang, Qiang AU - Zhang Q FAU - Wan, Yi AU - Wan Y FAU - Ji, Qiuhe AU - Ji Q CN - China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study Group LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131023 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Age Factors MH - China/epidemiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Metabolic Syndrome/*epidemiology/etiology MH - Middle Aged MH - Obesity, Abdominal/*complications MH - Prevalence MH - *Sex Characteristics MH - Statistics, Nonparametric PMC - PMC3806787 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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