Prevalence and Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in People Living with HIV in Parakou in 2016

The metabolic syndrome was found in 39 patients (18.14%). Among the subjects surveyed, 33.02% were hypertensive. Abdominal obesity, according to IDF criteria was found in 24.19% of cases;the overweight and overall obesity were 28.37% and 09.20%, respectively. Dyslipidemia in 53.95% of cases with total hypercholesterolemia in 32.09% of cases, LDL hypercholesterolemia in 21.86% of cases, HDL hypocholesterolemia in 68.37% of cases and hypertriglyceridemia in 21.86% of cases. Metabolic syndrome was associated with female sex and overweight.