TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the interior of Croatia
T2 - The Baranja Region
AU - Tucak-Zorić, Sandra
AU - Čurčić, Ines Bilić
AU - Mihalj, Hrvoje
AU - Dumančić, Ivana
AU - Zelić, Žarko
AU - Cetina, Nada Majetić
AU - Smolić, Robert
AU - Volarević, Martina
AU - Missoni, Saša
AU - Tomljenovié, Andrea
AU - Szirovicza, Lajos
AU - Duraković, Zijad
AU - Xi, Huifeng
AU - Chakraborty, Ranajit
AU - Deka, Ranjan
AU - Tucak, Antun
AU - Rudan, Pavao
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Metabolic syndrome (MS), a constellation of metabolic risk factors associated with development of cardiovascular diseases and Type 2 diabetes (T2D), has emerged as a public health problem of enormous proportions in developed and developing countries. We have reported previously its prevalence in several island populations of the Eastern Adriatic coast of Croatia. In spite of leading a relatively traditional life style pattern including adherence to a Mediterranean diet, the prevalence of MS in these populations is high and comparable to that in developed nations. However, data on prevalence of MS among the mainland Croatian populations is limited. Therefore, we conducted a study in an outbred population comprising of Croats, Hungarians and Serbs from the Baranja region of mainland Croatia. Although this is an ethnically heterogeneous population, the constituent groups exchange mates and therefore, are not reproductively isolated. The life style patterns are also similar. Overall prevalence of MS, assessed by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria, is 40% (35% in males and 42% in females) with Body Mass Index (BMI) as the predictor of obesity and 42% (52% in males and 39% in females) with Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) as the predictor of obesity. It is likely that, in addition to genetic risk factors, a host of environmental factors that include dietary habits and relatively urban life style in a modernized society have influenced the levels of the constituent metabolic traits leading to an increased prevalence of MS.
AB - Metabolic syndrome (MS), a constellation of metabolic risk factors associated with development of cardiovascular diseases and Type 2 diabetes (T2D), has emerged as a public health problem of enormous proportions in developed and developing countries. We have reported previously its prevalence in several island populations of the Eastern Adriatic coast of Croatia. In spite of leading a relatively traditional life style pattern including adherence to a Mediterranean diet, the prevalence of MS in these populations is high and comparable to that in developed nations. However, data on prevalence of MS among the mainland Croatian populations is limited. Therefore, we conducted a study in an outbred population comprising of Croats, Hungarians and Serbs from the Baranja region of mainland Croatia. Although this is an ethnically heterogeneous population, the constituent groups exchange mates and therefore, are not reproductively isolated. The life style patterns are also similar. Overall prevalence of MS, assessed by the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria, is 40% (35% in males and 42% in females) with Body Mass Index (BMI) as the predictor of obesity and 42% (52% in males and 39% in females) with Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) as the predictor of obesity. It is likely that, in addition to genetic risk factors, a host of environmental factors that include dietary habits and relatively urban life style in a modernized society have influenced the levels of the constituent metabolic traits leading to an increased prevalence of MS.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Carbohydrate intolerance
KW - Croatia
KW - Dyslipidemia
KW - Metabolic syndrome
KW - National cholesterol education program
KW - Waist hip ratio
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18982734
AN - SCOPUS:53549085138
SN - 0350-6134
VL - 32
SP - 659
EP - 665
JO - Collegium Antropologicum
JF - Collegium Antropologicum
IS - 3
ER -