Metabolic syndrome in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus by international diabetes federation criteria and ATP-IIIa

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome is defined as a set of cardiovascular risk factors and type II diabetes mellitus, including: abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia or insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and high blood pressure in the same individual. Objective: Compare the frequency of metabolic syndrome in adult females with type II diabetes mellitus according to International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria and the modified National Cholesterol-ATP III Program (NCEP-ATPIIIa). Material and methods: A crosssectional, descriptive, study was carried out in which 102 women with type II diabetes mellitus, not pregnant, aged 18 and over were enrolled in the FESITRANH health center in the department of Cortes (50 patients) and of Zacapa's Health Center, Santa Bárbara (52 patients). A detailed clinical history was made, anthropometric and laboratory measurements were performed to determine the Metabolic Syndrome with both criteria. The metabolic syndrome was defined according to the criteria of the IDF and the NCEP-ATPIIIa. Results: The frequency of diagnosis of metabolic syndrome with the different criteria were 86.3% and 55.9% for ATP-IIIa and IDF respectively with a chi square of 0.919. Diagnosis by geographical area according to IDF criteria was 50.9% with chi square 0.987, and with ATP-IIIa of 55.7% with a chi square of 0.017. Conclu- sion: The frequency of the metabolic syndrome defined by the ATP-IIIa criteria was higher than using the IDF criteria by geographical area.

Keywords

Waist circumference, Mellitus Diabetes, Women, Honduras