Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome and its Associated Factors among Hospital Workers at a Rwandan Provincial Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study
James Gafirita, Cuthbert Musarurwa, David Tumusiime, Stephen Rulisa, Mediatrice Mukahigiro, Charlotte Munganyinka Bavuma, Evariste Ntaganda, Laetitia Twizelimana, Marie Louise Nshimiyimana, Marguerite Uwimana, Joseph Lune Ngenzi, Aime Dieudonne Hirwa · 2025
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The people who staff hospitals are not immune to the diseases of modern life, and in Rwanda their own metabolic health had never been measured. James Gafirita and co-authors screened workers aged thirty-five to sixty-five at a provincial hospital in 2025, using the standard cluster definition: waist, blood pressure, blood sugar, and fats. Nearly thirty-eight percent met the mark for metabolic syndrome.
The burden split sharply by sex: almost half the women qualified, against under eight percent of the men, with low protective cholesterol and wide waists driving the gap. Higher body mass and older age predicted the syndrome independently. The authors call for workplace programs aimed squarely at their own staff.
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| CREATOR | James Gafirita, Cuthbert Musarurwa, David Tumusiime, Stephen Rulisa, Mediatrice Mukahigiro, Charlotte Munganyinka Bavuma, Evariste Ntaganda, Laetitia Twizelimana, Marie Louise Nshimiyimana, Marguerite Uwimana, Joseph Lune Ngenzi, Aime Dieudonne Hirwa |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |