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- Original Article The Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Risk Factors Among Male Workers in an Electronics Manufacturing Company
- Eun Sook Choi
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Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (대한직업환경의학회지) 2006;18(1):35.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2006.18.1.35
Published online: March 31, 2006
Korea Labor Welfare Corporation Research Center, Korea. eschoi@welco.or.kr 
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the determinants of the metabolic syndrome.
METHODS
Data were collected through structured questionnaire survey and health examination from 201 male workers aged 30~51 years in an electronics manufacturing company during September 2004. The metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity were assessed according to the NCEP-ATP III definition and the Asia-Pacific guidelines (waist circumference > 90 cm for men). Age adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the metabolic syndrome were computed using logistic regression.
RESULTS
The unadjusted prevalence of the metabolic syndrome was 10.5% in male workers. Seventy three workers(35.4%) had 2 or more metabolic risk factors. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome components was 48.3% for high triglyceride, 40.3% for abdominal obesity, 30.3% for high blood pressure, 8.0% for low HDL-cholesterol, and 2.5% for high blood sugar. The age adjusted odds ratio for the metabolic syndrome was significantly increased in the study population having physical inactivity (unit, 100 kcal/day; OR, 1.142; 95% CI, 1.014~1.286).
CONCLUSION
Weight reduction and physical exercise may decrease the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among male workers.
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