Background: Psychosocial factors have been associated with metabolic abnormalities that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This study investigated the cross-sectional relationship between psychosocial risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in a community-based sample of older persons.
Methods: Participants were 2917 persons aged 70-79 years enrolled in the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Depressive and anxiety symptoms, negative life events, and inadequate emotional support were assessed, and a summary psychosocial risk index was calculated. Metabolic syndrome was defined as three or more of the following criteria: abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, high fasting glucose, and high blood pressure.
Results: Negative life events and inadequate emotional support increased the odds of having metabolic syndrome after adjustment for demographic and lifestyle variables (odds ratio [OR] per life event = 1.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.05-1.22; OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.10-1.66, respectively). The relationship between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome was only found in white (OR per standard deviation [SD] = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.01-1.23), but not in black (OR per SD = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.86-1.11) persons. Anxiety symptoms were significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in men (OR per SD = 1.13, 95% CI = 1.00-1.28), but not in women (OR per SD = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.89-1.08). Moreover, a higher score on the psychosocial risk index was associated with an increased probability of having the metabolic syndrome (OR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.12-1.52).
Conclusions: In the elderly population, different psychosocial risk factors are associated with a higher prevalence of the metabolic syndrome. Whether reduction or better management of psychosocial risk factors can improve the metabolic profile remains to be demonstrated.
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