Metabolic

Lifestyle habits play a key role in predicting the risk of metabolic syndrome in non-obese individuals

Researchers from Japan have found that lifestyle habits play an important role in predicting the risk of developing metabolic syndrome in non-obese individuals, not just obese individuals.

In a study published this month in the journal Preventive Medicine, researchers from Tsukuba University showed that non-obese people in Japan tend to be higher than obese people at risk of lifestyle factors causing metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome is a complex of abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and high blood pressure. People with metabolic syndrome are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes than people who do not have these characteristics.

It is known that non-obese people with some of these characteristics (hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and high blood pressure) are also more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, it is unclear which lifestyle factors put non-obese people at risk of developing metabolic syndrome. “

Professor Fumi Takeda, lead author of the study

To answer this question, the researchers analyzed data from nearly 100,000 Japanese adults who underwent specific health exams, which consisted of a medical exam and a self-administered questionnaire on lifestyle factors such as eating, drinking, smoking and exercise habits.

“The results showed similarities in the risk factors for metabolic syndrome in both obese and non-obese people,” explains Professor Takeda. “We found that an older age, male sex, gained more than 10 kg weight since the age of 20.”

A lack of regular exercise has been linked to metabolic syndrome in obese but not in non-obese individuals.

“Our results suggest that metabolic syndrome can also occur in non-obese people who have similar lifestyles as obese people,” says Professor Takeda.

Since these lifestyle factors can lead to metabolic syndrome even in lean people, counseling lean older men on smoking cessation and reducing alcohol consumption, among other lifestyle factors, could help prevent the development of metabolic syndrome and thereby reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease. Reduce diseases and diabetes later in life.

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Journal reference:

Kikuchi, A., et al. (2021) Risk Factors for Multiple Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese and Non-Obese Japanese Individuals. Preventive medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106855.

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