Metabolic syndrome in connection with BMI in young Finnish male adults

Mikkola, Ilona; Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka; Laakso, Mauri; Jokelainen, Jari; Härkönen, Pirjo; Meyer-Rochow, V. Benno; Juuti, Anna-Kaisa; Peitso, Ari; Timonen, Markku

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2006.09.019

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Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 404-409, June 2007

Metabolic syndrome in connection with BMI in young Finnish male adults

Ilona Mikkola
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Lapland Central Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ounasrinteentie 22, FIN-96100 Rovaniemi, Finland
- Corresponding author at: University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland. Tel.: +358 8 537 5645; fax: +358 8 537 5661.
Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Unit of General Practice, Oulu University Hospital, 90029 OYS, Finland
- Oulu Health Centre, P.O. Box 8, FIN-90015 City of Oulu, Finland
Mauri Laakso
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Unit of General Practice, Oulu University Hospital, 90029 OYS, Finland
Jari Jokelainen
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Unit of General Practice, Oulu University Hospital, 90029 OYS, Finland
Pirjo Härkönen
- Oulu Deaconess Institute Department of Sports Medicine, 90100 Oulu, Finland
V. Benno Meyer-Rochow
- International University Bremen (IUB), School of Engineering & Science, D-28725 Bremen, Germany
- University of Oulu, Department of Physiology, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
Anna-Kaisa Juuti
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
Ari Peitso
- Finnish Defence Forces, Eastern Command Headquarters, P.O. Box 145, FIN-50101 Mikkeli, Finland
Markku Timonen
- University of Oulu, Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, P.O. Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland

Received 15 June 2006; accepted 19 September 2006. published online 25 October 2006.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components in relation to different Body Mass Index (BMI) categories in young Finnish males. Different components of MetS were assessed in 1099 healthy Finnish male military conscripts of about 19 years of age. Prevalence of MetS and its components, according to criteria given by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII), were calculated for different BMI categories.

Based on the complete sample, prevalence of MetS, according to IDF and ATPIII criteria, was 6.8 and 3.5%, respectively. MetS prevalence increased in parallel with an increase in BMI. In obese persons it occurred in 55.4 and 27.2% according to IDF and ATPIII criteria, respectively.

Our observations on MetS prevalences (which were especially high in obese service men) were in line with those few studies carried out earlier in the USA. We recommend that health education focus on those individuals that show an elevated risk of developing, already in young adulthood, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Keywords: Metabolic syndrome, Young adults, Prevalence, Obesity