Combined lifestyle factors and metabolic syndrome risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle pattern was beneficial to metabolic syndrome prevention.
Study context
- Population
- Cross-sectional and cohort studies of lifestyle scores/indices (top factors: physical activity, diet, smoking) and metabolic syndrome; Embase and Medline19 studies · 16 publications
- Comparison
- Healthiest vs least-healthy lifestyles
- Outcome
- Metabolic syndrome risk
Methodological detailsrandom-effects models, multivariable-adjusted estimates, subgroup and sensitivity analyses
- Random-effects models
- Multivariable-adjusted estimates
- Subgroup and sensitivity analyses
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Lower metabolic syndrome risk with healthiest vs least-healthy lifestyles
43%
Further pooled results
| Outcome | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Metabolic syndrome prevalence (subgroup: cross-sectional studies) | 0.62 (0.51–0.73) | |
| Metabolic syndrome incidence (subgroup: cohort studies) | 0.40 (0.11–0.68) | |
| 0.10.31310Odds ratio (log scale) |
Other subgroup and sensitivity analyses
- The inverse association was consistent in other subgroup and sensitivity analyses
Original publication
Combined lifestyle factors and metabolic syndrome risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 8 November 2024. doi:10.
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