Association between upper leg length and metabolic syndrome among US elderly participants-results from the NHANES （2009-2010）

作     者：Mike Pryzbek Jian Liu 

作者机构：Department of Health Science Brock University 500 Glenridge Ave. St. Catharines 0ntario Canada 

出 版 物：《Journal of Geriatric Cardiology》 (老年心脏病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第13卷第1期

页      面：58-63页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Metabolic syndrome Older adults Upper leg length 

摘      要：Objective To examine the relationship between upper leg length （ULL） and metabolic syndrome （MetS） in older *** Data was collected from National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey （NHANES, 2009-2010）. 786 individuals （385 males and 401 females） who were 60 years of age or older were included in this analysis. MetS was defined as having at least three of following conditions, i.e., cen-tral obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and hypertension based on National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines. ULL was grouped into gender-specific ***328 （41.7%） of participants were categorized as having MetS （38.7% in men and 49.1% in women,P = 0.002）. Compared to individuals in the 1st tertile （T1） of ULL, those in the 3rd tertile （T3） had lower levels of triglycerides （120.8 vs. 153.1 mg/dL,P = 0.045）, waist circumference （100.7vs. 104.2 cm,P = 0.049）, and systolic blood pressure （126.7vs. 131.4 mmHg, P = 0.005）, but higher levels of high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol （58.1vs. 52.4 mg/dL,P = 0.024）. The odds ratios （95% CI） of MetS from multivariate logistic regression were 0.57 （0.32-1.03） for individuals in the T2 of ULL and 0.39 （0.24-0.64） for individuals in the T3 of ULL, respectively （P-value for the trend 0.022）.Conclusions ULL was negatively associated with MetS in older adults. Further research is needed to identify potential mechanisms.