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Abstract

Although previous studies have shown significant associations between individual lifestyles and metabolic syndrome, limited studies have explored the combined effect of lifestyles. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a combined lifestyle score was associated with metabolic syndrome incidence in Hong Kong Chinese women. This prospective cohort study included 1634 women (55.9 ± 8.6 years) without baseline metabolic syndrome, diabetes, myocardial infarction, or stroke. Eight lifestyle factors (smoking, physical activity, sedentary time, sleep, stress, fatigue, diet, and alcohol) were included by assigning 0 (unhealthy) or 1 point (healthy). The overall score was the sum of these points, ranging from 0 (the least healthy) to 8 points (the healthiest). Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed by the joint interim statement. During a 1.16-year follow-up, 179 (11.0%) new metabolic syndrome cases were identified. The incidences for the 0–3-point, 4-point, 5-point, and 6–8-point groups were 12.8% (79/618), 11.5% (42/366), 9.4% (29/309), and 8.5% (29/341), respectively. Compared to the lowest combined lifestyle score group, the highest group had a 47% reduced metabolic syndrome incidence, with an adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval of 0.53 (0.33–0.86) (p = 0.010). These findings indicate that a higher combined lifestyle score was associated with a lower metabolic syndrome incidence in this population.

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Title
Combined Influence of Eight Lifestyle Factors on Metabolic Syndrome Incidence: A Prospective Cohort Study from the MECH-HK Study
Author
Yun-Yang, Deng 1 ; Fei-Wan Ngai 1 ; Qin, Jing 1 ; Yang, Lin 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ka-Po Wong 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wang, Harry-Haoxiang 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Yao-Jie Xie 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China; [email protected] (Y.-Y.D.); [email protected] (F.-W.N.); [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (L.Y.) 
 Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China; [email protected] 
 School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; [email protected]; College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK 
 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China; [email protected] (Y.-Y.D.); [email protected] (F.-W.N.); [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (L.Y.); Research Centre for Chinese Medicine Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China 
First page
547
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726643
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2931028521
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.