Prevalence and trends of metabolic syndrome among adults in the asia-pacific region: a systematic review

作者：Priyanga Ranasinghe, Yasith Mathangasinghe, Ranil Jayawardena, Andrew P. Hills, Anoop Misra · 发表于：BMC Public Health · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.1186/s12889-017-4041-1 · 被引用次数：768 · 研究领域：Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins、Global Health and Epidemiology、Cancer Research and Treatment

BACKGROUND: The Asia-Pacific region is home to nearly half of the world's population. The region has seen a recent rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The present systematic review summarizes the recent prevalence and trends of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) among adults in countries of the Asia-Pacific Region. METHODS: Data on MetS in Asia-Pacific countries were obtained using a stepwise process by searching the online Medline database using MeSH terms 'Metabolic Syndrome X' and 'Epidemiology/EP'. For the purpose of describing prevalence data for the individual countries, studies that were most recent, nationally representative or with the largest sample size were included. When evaluating secular trends in prevalence in a country we only considered studies that evaluated the temporal change in prevalence between similar populations, prospective studies based on the same population or National surveys conducted during different time periods. RESULTS: This literature search yielded a total of 757 articles, and five additional article were identified by screening of reference lists. From this total, 18 studies were eligible to be included in the final analysis. Of the 51 Asia-Pacific countries (WHO) we only located data for 15. There was wide between country variation in prevalence of MetS. A national survey from Philippines conducted in 2003 revealed the lowest reported prevalence of 11.9% according to NCEP ATP III criteria. In ...