Impaired fasting glucose and the metabolic syndrome in an indigenous Siberian population.

Objectives: This study investigated the lifestyle and anthropometric correlates of impaired fasting glucose and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among an Indigenous high-latitude herding population from north-eastern Siberia.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study of Yakut (Sakha) adult volunteers.

Methods: We collected health, lifestyle and anthropometric data among 166 Yakut adults (>or=18 years old; 101 females, 65 males) from the rural village of Tyungyulyu (62 degrees N, 130 degrees E; population 2,500), Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.