Relationship between lifestyle factors and incident metabolic syndrome in Norway
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2007-june-06
This population-based study including a total of 17,014 subjects of both sexes was conducted to assess the relationship between lifestyle characteristics and incident metabolic syndrome. All subjects were free of the metabolic syndrome at baseline and had participated in at least two of four surveys conducted in Norway between 1979-1980 and 2001. Metabolic syndrome risk significantly increased with age in women, but not in men, and was inversely related to leisure-time physical activity in both sexes, a surrogate reciprocal marker of sedentarity. Compared to non-smokers, smoking more than 20 cigarettes per day was associated with an increased risk. Moreover, low or no intake of alcohol was associated with increased risk, but only in women.
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