The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in non diabetic patients with a previous history of Bell’s palsy

Panitta Mueanchoo, Nualsakol Tepparak, Chanon Kongkamol, Supamai Soonthornpun, Pornchai Sathirapanya

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Songkhla Rajanakarindra Psychiatric Hospital, Meung, Songkhla, Thailand.

DOI: 10.4236/health.2012.44030                

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the prevalence and each parameter of metabolic syndrome between non diabetic patients with previous Bell’s palsy and non diabetic healthy subjects. Material and method: A number of 454 Bell’s palsy patients (aged 15 years old and over) were initially recruited as the study group. 874 non diabetic healthy participants of a metabolic syndrome surveillance study were randomized by R program as the control group to make up a 1:3 ratio of case to control. Metabolic syndrome was defined by International Diabetes Foundation criteria. The descriptive statistics analysis, t-test and Chi-Square test were applied for statistical analysis. Results: Seventy two non diabetic, previous Bell’s palsy cases (30 males and 42 females) were eligible as the study group. Their mean age was 51 (39.8 - 63.2) years old. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the study and the control groups were 22.2% and 21.8% respectively (p = 0.93). Nevertheless, the prevalence of hypertension was significantly higher in the study group (62.5% vs. 47.7%) (p = 0.04). Conclusions: No difference in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome was found. However, hypertension was significantly prevalent in the study group.

Keywords

Bell’s Palsy; Non Diabetic Patients; Hypertension; Metabolic Syndrome

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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