A Survey on Metabolic Syndrome prevalence in Punjabi Community of India

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a group of physiological and biochemical derangements 
that if left untreated, may lead to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty 
liver disease, stroke or even turn cancerous in future. At present, due to increasing health 
awareness, metabolic syndrome is matter of research for health professionals and 
academia. It is well versed that Indian Punjabi community’s cuisine is crazy rich, therefore 
objective was to analyze the metabolic syndrome prevalence in women of Indian Punjabi 
Community. A target segment of Fifty women of 18-55 years age group were selected 
from Indian Punjabi community from New Delhi. A non-experimental cross-sectional 
survey was done to identify subjects for metabolic syndrome using International Diabetes 
Federation criterion. The results showed 35% subjects (17 out of 50) were suffering from 
metabolic syndrome. The prevalence rate was really very alarming and there is an urgent 
need of making suitable strategy to cut the menace of this affluent disorder.