Socioeconomic inequalities in metabolic syndrome and its components in a sample of Iranian Kurdish adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The worldwide incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has increased in recent decades. In this study, we investigated the socioeconomic inequalities associated with MetS and its components in a sample of the Iranian Kurdish population.

Methods

We used data from 3,996 participants, aged 35 years to 70 years, from the baseline phase of the Dehgolan Prospective Cohort Study (February 2018 to March 2019). The concentration index and concentration curve were used to measure inequality and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method was used to examine the contribution of various determinants to the observed socioeconomic inequality in MetS and its components.

Results

The prevalence of MetS was 34.44% (95% confidence interval [CI], 32.97 to 35.93). The prevalence of M

SUBMITTER: Mohammadzadeh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867515 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature