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The prevalence of modifiable non-lipid components of the metabolic syndrome among the unorganized population of the elderly and senile age in the city of Bukhara

Gulchekhra Hamroevna Rajabova^a*, Karomat Shoyimovich Djumayev^a*

 
ABSTRACT:     The main non-lipid component of the metabolic syndrome is abdominal obesity (AO), which remains a global problem of science and practice. Abdominal obesity is characterized by an increase in the mass of visceral fat, a decrease in the sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin and hyperinsulinemia, causing the development of the metabolic syndrome and many of its components, as well as disorders of all types of metabolism. The aim of the study was to study the prevalence of modifiable non-lipid components of the metabolic syndrome among the elderly and senile population living in arid regions of Uzbekistan (on the example of Bukhara). 2 representative samples were formed in the amount of 1503 people: the first among the male and female population aged 60-74, the second among men and women aged 75-89. In both samples of the population from the latest electoral lists, including all elderly and senile people living in the city of Bukhara, random proportional 10% samples of 1503 people were organized, amounting to 1255 and 248 people, respectively. Survey coverage was 1251 (99.7%) and 246 (99.2%) elderly people, respectively, in the samples. When assessing the waist circumference (WC) (measured with a centimeter tape, applying it horizontally in the middle between the lower edge of the costal arch and the sacral iliac bone), abdominal obesity was detected in 71.0% of the examined (in 57.8% of men and 72.9% of women; P<0.05). The prevalence of WC was 91.8% in women aged 60 to 74 years and 26.8% in women aged 75 to 89 years (P<0.005). In the age group of men 60-74 years old, WC was determined with a frequency of 63.6%, and in men 75-89 years old - 28.7% (P<0.05).

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Received 30 Jun 2022, Accepted 10 Oct 2022