Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Men of the Dschang Health District in Western-Cameroon

MBS Dandji¹, FN Zambou^1, , DSB Dangang¹, FCN Nana² and FM Tchouanguep¹

¹Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, PO BOX: 67 Dschang, Cameroon

²Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang-Cameroon, PO BOX: 222 Dschang, Cameroon

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MBS Dandji, FN Zambou, DSB Dangang, FCN Nana and FM Tchouanguep. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Men of the Dschang Health District in Western-Cameroon. World Journal of Nutrition and Health. 2018; 6(1):1-10. doi: 10.12691/jnh-6-1-1

Abstract

In developing countries, increasing urbanization and lifestyle changes are helping to increase the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among the population through the development of cardiometabolic diseases. The objective was to determine the metabolic syndrome prevalence of men aged from 30 to 60 years. A total of 254 male, initially in apparent good health who consented freely were divided into three age groups: 30-40, 41-50 and 51-60 years. They were randomly selected in 5 urban areas and 5 rural areas. After obtaining ethical clearance, patterns of diet and physical activity, data on socio-demographic conditions, alcoholism and smoking were identified by a questionnaire in a survey. Nurses measured anthropometric parameters, blood pressure and fasting blood glucose. Transaminases, uric acid, creatinine and lipids were assayed. The data collected was submitted to the EPI-Info^TM software version 7.1.5.0. The metabolic syndrome prevalence was 38.98% in the Dschang Health District and we found 31.97% and 48.6% in the rural and urban areas respectively. This prevalence of metabolic syndrome among the participants in this study showed a close association with the lifestyle, as in the drinkers with a prevalence of 71.53% and 41.67% among smokers. Only 19.3% of the university with the metabolic syndrome were identified, while those with high salt consumption had a prevalence of 34.93%. A significant number of participants had metabolic syndrome in the Dschang Health District. This high prevalence might be related to tobacco consumption, alcoholism, reduced physical activity, low educational level and poor diet.

Keywords:
metabolic syndrome prevalence lifestyle men Cardiometabolic disease Cameroon

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