Hygiena 2016, 61(2):56-62 | DOI: 10.21101/hygiena.a1442

Influence of Educational Level on the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Clients of Health Advice Centres of Regional Public Health Authorities in the Slovak Republic

Tímea Ostrihoňová1, Kvetoslava Rimárová2, Janka Bérešová3, Sylvia Kontrošová4
1 Všeobecná nemocnica Rimavská Sobota, Rimavská Sobota, SK
2 Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Lekárska fakulta, Košice, SK
3 Regionálny úrad verejného zdravotníctva so sídlom v Rimavskej Sobote, Rimavská Sobota, SK
4 Regionálny úrad verejného zdravotníctva so sídlom v Banskej Bystrici, Banská Bystrica, SK

The objective of this work is to evaluate the impact of education level on the incidence of metabolic syndrome and its risk determinants among 65,920 clients of the Health Advice Centres of 36 Regional Public Health Authorities in the Slovak Republic, from the age of 25 years. The presence of metabolic syndrome and its risk determinants were evaluated according to criteria of the International Diabetes Federation from 2005. The overall prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the group was 31.2%, men 34.9% and women 29.5%. Education level has a lower impact on the incidence of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors among men than in women. The most significant effect of the level of education on the occurrence of abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome we monitored in women. Women with basic level education have on average a 3.14 times higher chance of having abdominal obesity (55-64 years old women up to 4.17 times), and on average a 2.55 times higher chance of having the metabolic syndrome (25-34 years old women up to 3.50 times) compared with women with university education. The results of our study underscore the importance of education of the population with an emphasis on women and the importance of achieving at least secondary education with a "leaving" exam, inter alia, to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Slovakia.

Keywords: metabolic syndrome prevention, obesity, health education

Received: December 2015; Accepted: February 9, 2016; Published: June 1, 2016  Show citation

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Ostrihoňová T, Rimárová K, Bérešová J, Kontrošová S. Influence of Educational Level on the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in Clients of Health Advice Centres of Regional Public Health Authorities in the Slovak Republic. Hygiena. 2016;61(2):56-62. doi: 10.21101/hygiena.a1442.
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