Thanaa M.Juda       Tareq H. T.      Mouneem AL-Shouk
College of Medicine, Babylon University, Hilla, Iraq.
 

Abstract
     Metabolic syndrome(MS) is becoming a serious global problem .This study was carried out on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending Merjan teaching hospital, diabetic clinic  in Babylon city, for the period from December 2009 to March 2010 ,to investigate the occurrence of metabolic syndrome among diabetic patients .The relevant data were collected ,anthropometric measurement and laboratory estimation of triglyceride and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C) . The study was conformed on 200 diabetic patients ( 90 males,110  females) the mean age group was 59.2±9.2 for males and 56.5 ±9.02 years old for females. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed according to the criteria of National Cholesterol Education Programme(NCEP) in 133 patients(59 males and 74 females). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among diabetic patients was 66.5%.MS was distributed in 65% urban and 35% rural area. In MS patients. The mean waist circumference in males was114±1.15Cm.and 107.8±12.9Cm in females. Mean triglyceride level in MS patients was 2.74mmol/l±0.38 in males and 2.4mml/l ±0.5 in female Mean level of high density lipoprotein was 0.83mmol/l±0.08 in males and 0.9mmol/l±0.14in females. Body mass index was 31.19 in MS patients. most patients with MS have three components mainly Diabetes and hypertension and one of these disorders (obesity as measured by BMI and waist circumference ,hypertriglycerdemia and decrease in HDL-C.