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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among breast cancer survivors in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Shahril MR 1 , Amirfaiz S 2 , Lua PL 3 , Nurnazahiah A 2 , Zakarai NS 2 , Kow VL 2 Show all authors , Ahmad A 2 , Sulaiman S 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Centre for Healthy Ageing and Wellness (H-CARE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. razifshahril@ukm.edu.my
  • 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus, 21300, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Besut Campus, Besut, 22200, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • 4 Centre for Healthy Ageing and Wellness (H-CARE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMC Public Health, 2021 01 28;21(1):238.
PMID: 33509143 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10288-9

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To date, limited data are available on metabolic syndrome prevalence among breast cancer survivors in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and abnormal metabolic syndrome components among breast cancer survivors in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 95 breast cancer survivors (age 53.7 ± 7.6 years) who have completed main cancer treatments for ≥6 months. Cancer survivors were recruited from two main government hospitals in Kelantan and Terengganu using a purposive sampling method.

RESULTS: According to the Harmonized criteria, the metabolic syndrome prevalence was 50.5%. Among those with metabolic syndrome, the most prevalent abnormal metabolic components were triglycerides (91.2%), fasting blood glucose (79.6%) and HDL-c level (78.4%). Except for total cholesterol and LDL-c, all other metabolic syndrome components were significantly different (p 

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