Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the General Japanese Population in 2000

• DOI: 10.5551/jat.13.202
• Publication Date: 2011-06-16T13:45:32Z
• Authors: Hidenori Arai; Akira Yamamoto; Yuji Matsuzawa; Yasushi Saito; Nobuhiro Yamada; Shinichi Oikawa; Hiroshi Mabuchi; Tamio Teramoto; Jun Sasaki; Noriaki Nakaya; Hiroshige Itakura; Yuichi Ishikawa; Yasuyoshi Ouchi; Hiroshi Horibe; Nobuo Shirahashi; Toru Kita
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Metabolic Syndrome; 2. Zero hunger; Incidence; Age Factors; Cholesterol, LDL; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Sex Factors; 0302 clinical medicine; Japan; Cardiovascular Diseases; Risk Factors; Humans; Female; Aged; Dyslipidemias

To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Japanese general population, we analyzed data from a nationwide survey conducted 2000. According to new diagnostic criteria for 2005, 3,264 people aged 20 79 (men, 1,917; women, 1,347) total participants. The incidence was 7.8%. Men had higher (12.1%) than women (1.7%). Most satisfying were 50 years old or over, while men started rise their 30s. When applied Adult Treatment Panel III, about 3-fold higher. In this population visceral obesity associated with abnormalities, such as LDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, and blood pressure lower HDL-cholesterol. Thus determined each abnormality 2000 found an association abnormalities. Intervention reduce Japan is necessary risk cardiovascular disease.