PMID- 26870100
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160212
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1682-024X (Print)
IS  - 1681-715X (Electronic)
IS  - 1681-715X (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 6
DP  - 2015 Nov-Dec
TI  - Alarming high prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Jordanian adults.
PG  - 1377-82
LID - 10.12669/pjms.316.7714 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and the individual components of metabolic 
      syndrome (MetS) in Jordanian adults. METHODS: In this cross sectional study, 630 
      adult subjects (308 men and 322 women) aged between 20-70 years were recruited 
      from the clinics at the King Hussein Medical Center. The diagnosis of MetS was 
      made according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria-2005. 
      Blood samples were collected after 10-12 hours overnight fasting and serum was 
      obtained for biochemical analysis. RESULTS: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome 
      according to IDF criteria was 51% (46.4% in men and 55.3% in women). Prevalence 
      of increased waist circumference in the total sample was 71.6%, 46% for high 
      blood pressure, 42.4% for elevated fasting blood glucose, 43.5% for low high 
      density lipoprotein, and 50.2% for hypertriglyceridemia. CONCLUSION: The 
      prevalence and individual components of MetS in Jordan were high. Screening of 
      MetS is needed at national level to reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
FAU - Obeidat, Ahmad A
AU  - Obeidat AA
AD  - Dr. Ahmad Obeidat, PhD. Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Department of 
      Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, 
      Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Ahmad, Mousa N
AU  - Ahmad MN
AD  - Dr. Mousa Ahmad, PhD. Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Department of 
      Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, 
      Jordan.
FAU - Haddad, Fares H
AU  - Haddad FH
AD  - Dr. Fares Haddad, MD. Endocrinologist, Department of Endocrinology, King Hussein 
      Medical Center, Amman, Jordan.
FAU - Azzeh, Firas S
AU  - Azzeh FS
AD  - Dr. Firas Azzeh, PhD. Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Dept. of 
      Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, 
      Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Pakistan
TA  - Pak J Med Sci
JT  - Pakistan journal of medical sciences
JID - 100913117
PMC - PMC4744285
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Jordan
OT  - Metabolic Syndrome
OT  - Prevalence
COIS- Declaration of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflict of 
      interests.
EDAT- 2016/02/13 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/13 06:01
PMCR- 2015/11/01
CRDT- 2016/02/13 06:00
PHST- 2016/02/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/02/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/13 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PJMS-31-1377 [pii]
AID - 10.12669/pjms.316.7714 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pak J Med Sci. 2015 Nov-Dec;31(6):1377-82. doi: 10.12669/pjms.316.7714.