Alarming high prevalence of metabolic syndrome among jordanian adults

Objective: to evaluate the prevalence and the individual components of metabolic syndrome (mets) in jordanian adults. methods: in this cross sectional study,630 adult subjects (308 men and 322 women) aged between 20-70 years were recruited from the clinics at the king hussein medical center. the diagnosis of mets was made according to the international diabetes federation (idf) criteria-2005. blood samples were collected after 10-12 hours overnight fasting and serum was obtained for biochemical analysis. results: the prevalence of metabolic syndrome according to idf criteria was 51% (46.4% in men and 55.3% in women). prevalence of increased waist circumference in the total sample was 71.6%,46% for high blood pressure,42.4% for elevated fasting blood glucose,43.5% for low high density lipoprotein,and 50.2% for hypertriglyceridemia. conclusion: the prevalence and individual components of mets in jordan were high. screening of mets is needed at national level to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and cardiovascular disease (cvd). © 2015,pakistan journal of medical sciences. all rights reserved.