Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study
Abstract Background Abnormal body mass and related metabolic disorders may affect female reproductive health. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity, lipid and glucose metabolism disorders, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, among Polish women...
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| author | Dorota Szostak-Węgierek Anna Waśkiewicz Walerian Piotrowski Urszula Stepaniak Andrzej Pająk Magdalena Kwaśniewska Paweł Nadrowski Arkadiusz Niklas Aleksandra Puch-Walczak Wojciech Drygas |
| author_facet | Dorota Szostak-Węgierek Anna Waśkiewicz Walerian Piotrowski Urszula Stepaniak Andrzej Pająk Magdalena Kwaśniewska Paweł Nadrowski Arkadiusz Niklas Aleksandra Puch-Walczak Wojciech Drygas |
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| description | Abstract Background Abnormal body mass and related metabolic disorders may affect female reproductive health. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity, lipid and glucose metabolism disorders, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, among Polish women of childbearing age. Methods One thousand five hundred eighty-eight non-pregnant Polish women of childbearing age (20–49 years) who participated in the Multi-Centre National Population Health Examination Survey (WOBASZ II study) in 2013–2014, were assigned to 3 age groups: 20–29 years (n = 403), 30–39 years (n = 600) and 40–49 years (n = 585). Measurements of weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood glucose were taken. For statistical analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-Square, and Cohran-Armitage tests were used. Results Of the participants, 4.3% were determined to be underweight, 25.2% were overweight, 15% were obese, and 53.1% had abdominal obesity. With age, the prevalence of both excessive body mass and abdominal obesity tended to increase, and that of underweight to decrease. Frequency of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia found in the whole group were 50% and 12.6% respectively, and also tended to rise with age. Low serum HDL-cholesterol (high density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels were found in 15.1% of the participants. Prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in the whole group was 8.2% and tended to increase with age. Diabetes was found in 1.2% of the participants and its prevalence also tended to rise with age, at the borderline of significance. Frequency of arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome in the whole group was 15.7% and 14.1% respectively and both tended to increase with age. Conclusions Overweight and obesity, especially of abdominal type, and the related metabolic abnormalities are common in Polish women of childbearing age. Their prevalence tends to increase with age. Underweight is relatively common in the youngest age group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c9d885f3a3b4cc2b48d01e4c63da8cf2022-12-22T03:44:13ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582017-07-011811910.1186/s12889-017-4564-5Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide studyDorota Szostak-Węgierek0Anna Waśkiewicz1Walerian Piotrowski2Urszula Stepaniak3Andrzej Pająk4Magdalena Kwaśniewska5Paweł Nadrowski6Arkadiusz Niklas7Aleksandra Puch-Walczak8Wojciech Drygas9Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of WarsawDepartment of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of CardiologyDepartment of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of CardiologyDeparment of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeDeparment of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz3rd Department of Cardiology, Upper Silesian Centre of Cardiology, Medical University of SilesiaDepartment of Hypertension, Angiology, and Internal Medicine, University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Arterial Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of GdanskDepartment of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of CardiologyAbstract Background Abnormal body mass and related metabolic disorders may affect female reproductive health. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity, lipid and glucose metabolism disorders, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, among Polish women of childbearing age. Methods One thousand five hundred eighty-eight non-pregnant Polish women of childbearing age (20–49 years) who participated in the Multi-Centre National Population Health Examination Survey (WOBASZ II study) in 2013–2014, were assigned to 3 age groups: 20–29 years (n = 403), 30–39 years (n = 600) and 40–49 years (n = 585). Measurements of weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood glucose were taken. For statistical analysis, the Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-Square, and Cohran-Armitage tests were used. Results Of the participants, 4.3% were determined to be underweight, 25.2% were overweight, 15% were obese, and 53.1% had abdominal obesity. With age, the prevalence of both excessive body mass and abdominal obesity tended to increase, and that of underweight to decrease. Frequency of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia found in the whole group were 50% and 12.6% respectively, and also tended to rise with age. Low serum HDL-cholesterol (high density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels were found in 15.1% of the participants. Prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in the whole group was 8.2% and tended to increase with age. Diabetes was found in 1.2% of the participants and its prevalence also tended to rise with age, at the borderline of significance. Frequency of arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome in the whole group was 15.7% and 14.1% respectively and both tended to increase with age. Conclusions Overweight and obesity, especially of abdominal type, and the related metabolic abnormalities are common in Polish women of childbearing age. Their prevalence tends to increase with age. Underweight is relatively common in the youngest age group.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4564-5Polish females of childbearing ageBody massLipid disturbancesGlucose metabolismMetabolic syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Dorota Szostak-Węgierek Anna Waśkiewicz Walerian Piotrowski Urszula Stepaniak Andrzej Pająk Magdalena Kwaśniewska Paweł Nadrowski Arkadiusz Niklas Aleksandra Puch-Walczak Wojciech Drygas Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study BMC Public Health Polish females of childbearing age Body mass Lipid disturbances Glucose metabolism Metabolic syndrome |
| title | Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study |
| title_full | Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study |
| title_fullStr | Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study |
| title_short | Metabolic syndrome and its components in Polish women of childbearing age: a nationwide study |
| title_sort | metabolic syndrome and its components in polish women of childbearing age a nationwide study |
| topic | Polish females of childbearing age Body mass Lipid disturbances Glucose metabolism Metabolic syndrome |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4564-5 |
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