Prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in elderly attended in primary health care

Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and association with sociodemographic, clinical, anthropometric and lifestyle variables in elderly people attended in primary care. Method: cross-sectional study carried out with 344 elderly in a Basic Health Unit in the Federal District. Analyzes of lipid profile, fasting glucose and glycated hemoglobin were performed. Sociodemographic data, lifestyle habits, blood pressure, anthropometry and fat percentage were evaluated. Poisson regression was performed to calculate the crude and adjusted prevalence ratio. Results: the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 62.2%. The arterial hypertension (PRadjusted =1.31; 95%CI=1.02-1.67), increased waistline (PRadjusted=1.46; 95%CI=1.21-1.76), hypertriglyceridemia (PRadjusted=1.98; 95%CI=1.67-2.34) and decreased HDL (PRadjusted=1.19; 95%CI=1.03-1.37) were significantly associated with metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome and association with modifiable factors point to the need to early identify and control risk factors in the elderly.