The components of metabolic syndrome in mentally working females
This trial studied prevalence of components of metabolic syndrome (MS) in mentally working men and women. 1,600 bank office workers (men and women) were examined. It was shown that mentally working women have a high prevalence of MS. The most frequent component of it is abdominal obesity (44%), the second place keep arterial hypertension (25.4%), and the prevalence of hyperglycemia was just the same - 24.3%, and hypertriglyceridemia was rare symptom - it was detected only in 12.6% of cases. 2% of people had diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of MS depended on criteria of diagnostics and sex. MS was diagnosed according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria in 17.9% of examined people, and according to the ATP III criteria (in modification 2005) - in 16.2% of workers. The structure of MS in women is characterized by more frequent combination of obesity, dislipoproteinemia, and hyperglycemia, than in men. Besides, the frequency of MS in women rises predominantly after 40 years old. While factors of life mood were studied, it was shown that presence of MS was distinctly associated with slow-moving life mood, which was typical in examined mental working persons, especially women.