[The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an organized population]

Triple screening of industrial employees (city of Mirny, West Yakutia) was carried out in 1991-2007 in conformity with the WHO/CINDI protocol designed to elucidate risk factors of chronic non-infectious diseases. The study included 2221 subjects. Metabolic syndrome (MS) was diagnosed based on criteria of NCEP-ATP III Program modified in 2005. The prevalence of MS increased during 17 years more than three-fold in both men and women (from 6 3 to 23.0% and from 9.2 to 32.4% respectively). In other words, it grows continuously. The commonest components in the structure of MS in men and women were arterial hypertension, abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia in 1991 and arterial hypertension, low HDLP cholesterol level, abdominal obesity in 2000 and 2007 (additionally, hypertriglyceridemia in men).