Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Thai monks in the Priest Hospital
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Background and Objective: The Priest hospital provides medical services for monks in Thailand. Studies showed Metabolic syndrome (Met.S) is associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the prevalence of Met.S in Thai monks attended Diabetes Clinic and other general OPD clinics in Priest Hospital.
Methods: This study was a retrospective-descriptive research. Data were collected from medical records of Thai monks presented in Priest Hospital from 2017-2019. A total 500 monks were randomly sampling from all records; 250samples from Diabetes Clinic and the other 250 from general OPD clinics. Statistical Analysis was performed by using Chi-Square test.
Results: The present study showed that the prevalence of Met.S in year 2017, 2018 and 2019 was 32.4%, 35.4% and 40.6% respectively. Met.S was more commonly found in
diabetes group than in general OPD group. [Year 2017: 41.2% VS 23.6% (p=0.004), year 2018: 44.8% VS 26.0% (p< 0.001), year 2019: 40.6% VS 33.2% (p=0.001)]. In general OPD group, Impair fasting glucose (IFG) increased consecutively each year (from 36.4% to 47.2% and 54.8%). Similarly, Low HDL-cholesterol was raising from 16.4% to
18.0% and 26.0% yearly. The prevalence of obesity in diabetes clinic was significantly higher than that in general OPD in 2017 and 2018 [67.6% VS 54.8% (p=0.004) and
68.4% VS 50.4% (p< 0.001)].
Conclusion: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Thai monks in Priest hospital has tendency to increase yearly from 2017 to 2019. Monitoring and screening for metabolic syndrome in non-diabetes monks may help decreasing risk in this group.
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