Prevalence and Factors Related to Metabolic Syndrome in Xo Dang Patients at Kon Tum General Hospital, Vietnam

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common disorder and different ethnicities may have different prevalence and related fators. MetS is associated with many chronic diseases and there is a great need for research on MetS in different ethnic groups, especially the communities of ethnic minorities.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and some factors related to MetS among Xo Dang, an ethnic minority group at Kon Tum province.

Methods: diagnosis of Mets according to IDF/AHA consensus, comparing the characteristics of 261 patients of Xo Dang with 561 patients of Kinh ethnicity.

Results: The rates of habits related to MetS among Xo Dang ethnicity were all higher than 50% and not different from those of Kinh ethnicity. The mean values ​​of waist circumference, maximum and minimum blood pressure, levels of glucose, triglyceride, and HDL-C levels in the blood of the Xo Dang were not significantly different from those of the Kinh ethnicity. The levels of disorders among Xo Dang ethnicity in descending order were increased triglycerides (71.26%), hyperglycemia (42.53%), hypertension (38.31%), increased waist circumference (36.02%), and low HDL-C (26.82%). The rate of increasing waist circumference and the prevalence of MetS in the Xo Dang people was higher than that of the Kinh ethnicity. Xo Dang persons who were female had a higher risk of developing MetS. Smoking was associated with MetS among Kinh ethnicity, however, was not with Xo Dang ethnicity.

Conclusion: It seems that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome of Xo Dang people was higher than that Kinh people and the rate of habits related to metabolic syndrome in the Xo Dang people was high.