Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its Determinants in Tirunelveli City Police
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v8i2.1258Keywords:
Metabolic Syndrome, Police, Tirunelveli city, Determinants.Abstract
Introduction: Metabolic syndrome has been reported to be on the rise in general population, more so in
personnel involved in occupational stress. Hence the present study is undertaken to find out the prevalence
of metabolic syndrome and to determine the factors associated with it among the police personnel in
Tirunelveli city.
Method: This is a cross-sectional study in which 133 police personnel working in Tirunelveli city in the
age group of 30-58 were included. After getting due permission from the Deputy Commissioner of Police
Tirunelveli city, Head of Department of Bio chemistry, Institutional Ethical Committee clearance and oral
informed consent from the volunteers, the study was started. The study was conducted during the period of
August, 2013. Analysis was done using Chi square test and t test using SPSS software version 16. Results:
Among the 133 police personnel examined, 92 of them were identified with metabolic syndrome. Hence,
prevalence was found to be 69.1%. Majority of them 26 (28.3%) fell in the age group of 41 to 45 years.
History of Smoking, Hypertension and Diabetes were found to be higher among those with metabolic
syndrome (31.5%, 20.7% and 17.4%) as compared to those who were not affected (7.3%, 7.8% and 2.4%)
and they were found to be statistically significant with P values of 0.003, 0.007 and 0.017 respectively. The
mean values of Age, BMI, Waist circumference, Systolic BP, Diastolic BP, Mean Arterial BP, Fasting Blood
Sugar, Serum Triglycerides and VLDL were significantly higher among those who were having metabolic
syndrome as compared to other participants.
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