Frequency of metabolic syndrome in patients with diabetes mellitus type II

Objective: to identify frequency of metabolic syndrome in diabetics and factors increasing risk of syndrome to avoid its prevalence. material &methods: it is a prospective,descriptive,and cohort study conducted on 113 diabetics of both sexes aged between 20 to 80 years to find out the frequency of metabolic syndrome under the criteria of adult treatment panel iii definition. their anthropometric measurements,blood pressure,fasting blood glucose level and lipid profile were done and student’s t-test was applied. logistic regression analysis showed association of measured variables with the frequency of metabolic syndrome. results: metabolic syndrome was found in 80 (males: 29,females: 51) patients (70.8%) out of 113. individuals having hypertension,obesity and dyslipidemia along with diabetes mellitus were found to have metabolic syndrome more frequently than those having less of these complications. conclusion: the individuals with diabetes are more prone to the metabolic syndrome and the complications of diabetes mellitus. moreover,metabolic syndrome diagnosis is simple and an easy clinical tool assessing potential risk of metabolic disorders and is found to be more common in individuals of old age group and its prevalence varies with the socioeconomic lifestyle. © 2017,khyber medical college. all rights reserved.