Increasing Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in a Chinese Elderly Population: 2001–2010

Miao Liu, Jianhua Wang, Bin Jiang, Dongling Sun, Lei Wu, Shanshan Yang, Yiyan Wang, Xiaoying Li and Yao He

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-6

Abstract: Objective: The information on the changes of prevalence of MetS in China is limited. Our objective was to assess a 10-year’s change of the prevalence of MetS in a Chinese elderly population between 2001 and 2010. Methods: We conducted two cross-sectional surveys in a representative sample of elderly population aged 60 to 95 years in Beijing in 2001 and 2010 respectively. MetS was defined according to the 2009 harmonizing definition. Results: A total of 2,334 participants (943 male, 1,391 female) in 2001 and 2,102 participants (848 male, 1,254 female) in 2010 completed the survey. The prevalence of MetS was 50.4% (95%CI: 48.4%–52.4%) in 2001 and 58.1% (95%CI: 56.0%–60.2%) in 2010. The absolute change of prevalence of MetS was 7.7% over the 10-year’s period (p

Date: 2013
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