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Metabolic Unhealthiness Increases the Likelihood of Having Metabolic Syndrome Components in Normoweight Young Adults

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  • Bagas Suryo Bintoro

    (International Master/Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
    Department of Health Behavior, Environment, and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia)

  • Yen-Chun Fan

    (School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan)

  • Chia-Chi Chou

    (Department of Internal Medicine, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 20401, Taiwan)

  • Kuo-Liong Chien

    (Institute of Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
    Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 10002, Taiwan)

  • Chyi-Huey Bai

    (International Master/Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
    School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
    Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan)

Abstract

Findings on risk detection for having metabolic syndrome (MetS) components, each of which may individually increase the risk of disease and mortality, are limited in young adults. In this study, we aimed to calculate the likelihood of having ≥1 MetS component in normoweight young adults using two different metabolic health criteria. We recruited 1182 normoweight young adults from the Taiwan Survey on the Prevalence of Hypertension, Hyperglycemia, and Hyperlipidemia and the National Health Interview Survey (aged 16–45 years, 39% male, body mass index = 18.5–22.99, all without MetS) and followed them for 5 years. Metabolic health criteria were derived from the Harmonized criteria (unhealthy if showing abnormality in one or two MetS components) and the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG-i; unhealthy if TyG-i was in the >75th percentile). Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) estimations for having ≥1 MetS component and for having each MetS component in 5 years were assessed using multivariable-adjusted logistic regression. We observed a significantly increased likelihood of the presence of ≥1 MetS component in the unhealthy group by using the Harmonized criteria and TyG-i (adjusted OR (aOR); 95%CI: 2.64; 2.02-3.45 and 2.1; 1.57–2.82, respectively). The areas under the receiver-operating characteristics curves were 0.679 and 0.652 for the final models using Harmonized and TyG-i criteria, respectively. These findings support the recommendation of treating any metabolic component abnormality, even in young adults without a MetS diagnosis.

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  • Bagas Suryo Bintoro & Yen-Chun Fan & Chia-Chi Chou & Kuo-Liong Chien & Chyi-Huey Bai, 2019. "Metabolic Unhealthiness Increases the Likelihood of Having Metabolic Syndrome Components in Normoweight Young Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:18:p:3258-:d:264307
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