Objective:
This study aims to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its individual components across different BMI categories among patients seen at Wellness Center and Obesity and Weight Management Center, St. Luke’s Medical Center Quezon City.
Methodology:
This was a 3-year retrospective study of 1367 adult patients seen at the institution from 2013 to 2016. The patients were divided according to BMI categories and presence of metabolic syndrome was determined based on the set criteria for the disease.
Results:
Overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome is 51.0%. Its prevalence across the different BMI categories are as follows: 29.6 % with Normal BMI, 38.9% in overweight, 56.9% in Pre Obese and 62.4 % in obese subgroup. Presence of central obesity using the Asian cut off has the highest prevalence among patients with metabolic syndrome across all categories. In the normal BMI hypertension and elevated blood glucose has the highest prevalence with central obesity being the least common but still with 7.3% of individuals meeting the criteria for central obesity.
Conclusion:
There is high prevalence of Metabolic syndrome even in patients with low BMI and its diagnosis and screening for its individual components should not only be confined to individuals with higher BMI.