Metabolic Syndrome in Fasting and Non-Fasting Participants: The UAE Healthy Future Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a multiplex of risk factors that predispose people to the development of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), two of the major non-communicable diseases that contribute to mortality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MetS guidelines require the testing of fasting samples, but there are evidence-based suggestions that non-fasting samples are also reliable for CVD-related screening measures. In this study, we aimed to estimate MetS and its components in a sample of young Emiratis using HbA1c as another glycemic marker. We also aimed to estimate the associations of some known CVD risk factors with MetS in our population.

Methods

The study was based on a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data of 5161 participants from the UAE He

SUBMITTER: Mezhal F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9654954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature