ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2013
Metabolic syndrome and quality of life in the elderly: age and gender differences.
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- The impact of metabolic syndrome on mental health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Metabolic syndrome is associated with better quality of sleep in the oldest old: results from the "Mugello Study".Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2020Article
- Obesity, metabolic abnormality, and health-related quality of life by gender: a cross-sectional study in Korean adults.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016Article
- Health-related Quality of Life Among People Participating in a Metabolic Syndrome E-screening Program: A Web-based Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2016Article
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- Seven-year predictors of self-rated health and life satisfaction in the elderly: the PROOF study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2014Article
- Metabolic syndrome and hemoglobin levels in elderly adults: the Invecchiare in Chianti Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeThe metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent in Western older populations. MetS is an intriguing entity, because it includes potentially reversible risk factors. Some studies have suggested an inverse correlation between MetS and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but data regarding older subjects are scanty and conflicting. The aim of this study was to assess the association between HRQoL and MetS in older, unselected community-dwelling subjects.
methodsWe analyzed data of 356 subjects aged 75+ living in Tuscania (Italy). HRQoL was assessed using the Health Utilities Index, Mark 3. Diagnosis of MetS was defined according to the National Cholesterol Education Program's ATP-III criteria.
resultsMetS was reported by 137 (38%) participants. According to linear regression analysis, MetS was associated with significantly better HRQoL in men (B = 0.19 95% CI = 0.06-0.32; p = 0.006), but not in women. Also, when the regression model was analyzed in men, MetS was associated with better HRQoL (B = 0.17, 95% CI = 0.01-0.32; p = 0.035) only among participants aged 80+. No significant associations were found in men between HRQoL and any of the single components of MetS.
conclusionsMetS is not associated with worse HRQoL among community-dwelling elderly; it is associated with significantly better HRQoL among the oldest men.
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