Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and Its predicting factors in type 2 diabetic patients in Ahvaz

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of the most important risk factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Ischemic heart disease. Aim of this study was surveying of prevalence of MetS in T2DM and comparison of the value of Its predicting factors according to ATP III and IDF criteria. Subjects and This was a coss-sectional study on 350 adult T2DM patients selected with simple random sampling from Ahvaz Diabetic Research Center Clinic in 2010. Data were collected by a questionnaire and analyzed by independent t-test, chi-score, and multivariate logistic regression with SPSS 18. Prevalence of MetS according to ATP III and IDF criteria was 73.1% and 64.9% respectively (κ=0.675). With both criteria the peak prevalence of MetS was in age group 50-59 year. HDL cholesterol had higher prevalence and odds ratio than other factors. Female gender, physical activity, microalbuminuria, triglyceride and HDL cholesterol had higher value of prediction for MetS than others. Prevalence of MetS in T2DM is high and female gender, physical activity, microalbuminuria, triglyceride and HDL were the predicting factors of MetS