A multidimensional exploration of metabolic syndrome components

作者：de Freitas Eulilian Dias; Amaral Haddad Joao Paulo; Velasquez Melendez Gustavo^*

来源：Cadernos de Saude Publica, 2009, 25(5): 1072-1081.

• Metabolic Syndrome X
• Obesity
• Rural Population

The objective of this study was to verify the clustering of anthropometric and metabolic variables related to metabolic syndrome, by sex. Data were collected from 579 subjects aged 18-94 years living in two rural areas of Brazil. Factor analysis was performed using principal components analysis with varimax orthogonal rotation. The study reduced a complex set of cardiovascular risk factor into 3 independent factors, each reflecting a different aspect of metabolic syndrome. In both sexes, factor 1 related to obesity and dyslipidemia, factor 2 to obesity and blood pressure, and factor 3 to obesity and insulin resistance. The total variance explained for men and women was, respectively, 66.61% and 68.98%. The findings corroborate the hypothesis that at least 3 pathophysiological domains act in the clustering of cardiovascular risk factors related to metabolic syndrome in this population.

• 出版日期2009-5