Stress and metabolic syndrome among adults in Terengganu
Environmental influences such as stress was believed to impact the metabolic disorder, which may progress to cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. High levels of stress are now emerged as significant health factors among adult nowadays. However, studies on relationship between stress and m...
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2018
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Summary: | Environmental influences such as stress was believed to impact the metabolic disorder, which
may progress to cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. High levels of stress are now
emerged as significant health factors among adult nowadays. However, studies on
relationship between stress and metabolic syndrome are still scarce. Thus, this study aimed
to investigate the association between stress and metabolic syndrome among adult in
Terengganu. Subjects comprised 188 adults aged 20 to 59 years old. Anthropometric
measurements included weight, height and waist circumferences (WC). Blood pressure (BP)
was taken, fasting blood glucose (FBG), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C),
low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC) were determined in overnight fasting
blood sample. Harmonized definition on metabolic syndrome was used to identify metabolic
risk while stress level was assessed using Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21. A total of
41.0% of male and 59.0% of female were overweight/obese. Prevalence of stress and
metabolic syndrome was 17.6% and 39.4%, respectively. There were significant difference of
stress score between the ethnicities with Malay showed the highest stress score, followed by
Indian and Chinese (p<0.001). There was no significant association between gender, age,
ethnicity, body weight status and metabolic syndrome with stress. However, there was
significant association between body weight status and metabolic syndrome. Binary logistic
regression showed that the odds of developing metabolic syndrome were 9.1 (95% CI: 2.0,
41.1) and 16.8 (95% CI: 3.8, 74.8) times higher in overweight and obese subjects, respectively.
The findings of this study showed no significant association between stress and metabolic
syndrome. Prospective cohort studies involving larger sample size in determining relationship
between stress and metabolic syndrome are needed in future. Appropriate intervention
programs should be planned to increase awareness and to promote healthy lifestyles in order
to prevent obesity among adult and thus lower metabolic syndrome risk. |
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