Metabolic syndrome in the Baikal region: ethnic peculiarities of dyslipidemia

Abstract

Objective. To determine the ethnic peculiarities of dyslipidemia in patients with metabolic syndrome from the Baikal region.
Materials and methods. The study included 254 patients with metabolic syndrome, which were defined by the JIS criteria (2009): 100 women and 154 men aged 36 to 79 years. There were 120 patients of Buryat ethnic group and 134 Russian patients among them.
Results. The most common components of metabolic syndrome in both the Russian and the Buryat ethnic groups were hypertension and abdominal obesity, and more rare component was carbohydrate metabolism disorder. The prevalence of the dyslipidemia was high (83%), equal among men and women. It was defined that in the Buryat ethnic group the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was significantly lower and the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was significantly higher compared to Russian patients.
Conclusion. Severity of lipid profile atherogenic changes (increase of LDL-C and decrease of HDL-C) was significantly more pronounced in Russian patients compare to Buryats. This fact must be considered while planning the treatment of metabolic disorders of Buryat patients