Metabolic Syndrome: Epidemiological, Clinical and Biological Profiles in the Cardiology and Internal Medicine Departments of the Mother-Child CHU “Luxembourg”

Introduction:The metabolic syndrome is a clinical entity defined by the association in the same subject of four of the following five factors: abdominal obesity (or android), type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hypo HDL cholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia.The aim of the work was to study the epidemiological, clinical-biological profiles and complications of patients in the cardiology and internal medicine department of the Mother-Child CHU "Luxembourg".Materials and Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study, from September 2019 to June 2020 in the cardiology and internal department of the mother-child CHU "Luxembourg".All patients with metabolic syndrome admitted to the two departments who agreed to participate during the study period were included in the study.These patients meet the 2009 harmonization attempt criteria (IDF 2009).The variables studied were: socio-demographic characteristics (sex, age, profession), pathological history, clinical signs (functional signs, BMI, waist size), paraclinical signs (ECG, cardiac ultrasound, laboratory assessment) and complications.Results: A total of 104 patients were included.The female sex represented 58.65% of cases.The 60 to 69 age group was the majority with 40.78%, housewives occupied 41.34% of cases.Diabetes, arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia were the most represented cardiovascular risk factors with respectively: 80.77%,