Trends in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2011-2016

JAMA. 2020 Jun 23;323(24):2526-2528. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.4501.

Authors

Grishma Hirode^{1

2}, Robert J Wong^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital, Oakland, California.
² now with the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ now with the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California.

Abstract

This study uses US national survey data to characterize trends in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adults in the US between 2011 and 2016.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Female
Humans
Male
Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology*
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Prevalence
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult