Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Prevalence of metabolic and lean metabolic syndrome in type II diabetes patients and its association with age and gender: A descriptive observational study from Maharashtra
Dr. Shubham Radhesham Choudhari , Dr. Neelima Saoji , Dr. Pradnya Choudhari, Dr. Anant A. Takalkar
JCDR. 2024: 1875-1885
Abstract
Background: In India, Type 2 DM is an epidemic disorder due to social influence and changes in life style. As per WHO estimation, the universal prevalence of Diabetes mellitus was 170 million (2.8%) in 2002, this number expected to grow up to 366 million (4.4%) or more in 2030. Metabolic syndrome is a collection of factors which can increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome comprises of group of multiple risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) such as central obesity, hypertension, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), elevated triglyceride levels (TG) and reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).
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