The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Elderly People in Taipei (2006)

• Main Authors: Lin-Wan Ching, 林婉靜
• Other Authors: Liu-Yeuk Chuen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13455528806721060358

碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 食品科學系 === 96 === Since 1990, diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have been among the top ten causes of death in Taiwan. This means to 16.3% of annual health-care fees supported by the Bureau of National Health Insurance. Patients with metabolic syndrome are contributed by many risk factors. Not only does this raise likelihood of getting diabetes and coronary heart disease, it does also increase the probability of death rate from cardiovascular diseases. This thesis was based on definitions of metabolic syndrome defined by the Bureau of Health Promotion. Presence of 3 or more from the following criteria are treated as having metabolic syndrome: central obesity, high blood pressure, high triglyceride level, low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and high fasting blood glucose level. An analysis of 16,368 Taipei elderly health check-up results in 2006 revealed that metabolic syndrome occurred in 19.7% of the population in this database and females showed a higher prevalence rates than men. The highest risk factor, high blood pressure was found in 66.3％, followed by 25.5％ with low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. On the other hand, high fasting blood glucose level was indistinguishable between both sexes. Metabolic syndrome is closely linked with education level, income and marriage status. The present studies also showed that obesity was not a significant risk factor of metabolic syndrome in Taiwan.