Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Rural Community as Defined by the Japanese Association of Internal Medicine and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

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  • LI Limei
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ningxia Medical College
  • WANG Li
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine
  • YAMASAKI Masayuki
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine
  • IWAMOTO Mamiko
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine
  • IKENISHI Rumi
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine
  • YONEYAMA Toshimi
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine
  • SHIWAKU Kuninori
    Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine

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  • 日本人向けまたは厚生労働省の診断基準を用いたメタボリックシンドロームの有病率
  • ニホンジン ムケ マタワ コウセイ ロウドウショウ ノ シンダン キジュン オ モチイタ メタボリック シンドローム ノ ユウビョウリツ

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Abstract

  Recently, people are interested in visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS). The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to introduce a new MS screening system and health promotion guidance on the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus (diabetes) and cardiovascular disease from 2008. We analyzed the prevalence of MS and estimated the number of candidates for MS in a rural community based on the new criteria provided by the Japanese Association of Internal Medicine and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Data obtained from 393 males and 526 females aged over 20 years were studied for the prevalence of MS and diabetes. The prevalence of MS was 14% for males and 6% for females. It was a remarkable lower prevalence than the reported prevalence in urban communities. We calculated again the prevalence of MS with the exclusion of diabetes, because diabetes was usually preceded by MS. The prevalence of diabetes and MS was 10% and 10% for males and 8% and 6% for females, respectively. Diabetes increased with age, but MS prevailed among younger people aged 20-59 years. We think that countermeasures against MS should be taken targeted on younger people, and those against diabetes on elder people. We also estimated the member of people with MS using the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare criteria. In 2012, the health organizations, both public and private, will be providing service to 3,470 thousand adults with MS and encouragement to 3,950 thousand adults to have a motivation for healthy lifestyle.

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