| Abstract [eng] |
Aim: To assess gender differences in anthropometric and laboratory parameters and risk factors in middle-aged patients with metabolic syndrome studied at Vilnius University Santaros Clinics. Methods: The study included 2150 subjects who participated in a screening and prevention programme for individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease between 2012 and 2019 and were selected for metabolic syndrome. The subjects' existing risk factors were assessed and anthropometric measurements, arterial blood pressure and laboratory tests were performed. Results: Women were found to have higher body mass index, total, low-density and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, but lower waist circumference, triglycerides and fasting glucose levels than men (p<0.001). Waist circumference was the most prevalent component of metabolic syndrome in the female group and arterial blood pressure in the male group. More women met the criteria for waist circumference and high-density lipoprotein (p<0.001), but more men met the criteria for fasting glucose and triglycerides (p<0.001). Females were found to have a negative very weak statistically significant association of systolic blood pressure with smoking and a positive very weak association of low-density lipoprotein with triglycerides, while males had a negative very weak association of systolic blood pressure with dyslipidaemia and a positive very weak association of low-density lipoprotein with triglycerides. Conclusions: In this study, statistically significantly more women than men fulfilled the high-density lipoprotein and waist circumference criteria for metabolic syndrome, but more men than women fulfilled the fasting glucose and triglyceride criteria. Waist circumference was the most prevalent component of metabolic syndrome in the female group and arterial blood pressure in the male group. |
