<![CDATA[Metabolic syndrome is a metabolic disorder caused by a complex increase in obesity. Metabolic syndrome can be controlled by adhering to medication and a healthy lifestyle. Patient's behavior towards adherence to medication is carried out in order to achieve the goal of treatment itself. The research objective was to determine the effect of medication adherence on lipid profiles and abdominal circumference in metabolic syndrome (SM) patients at Hospital in Semarang. This research is an observational research. Data were collected using a cross sectional design. Data collection in this study was conducted in August - December 2020. This study used the chi-square test, the chi-square test for abdominal circumference obtained results of 0.254 which said there was no effect of drug adherence with the abdominal circumference value and the chi-square test. for LDL, the results were 0.046 and the results were 0.001 for triglycerides, which is said to have an effect on drug adherence to LDL levels and trglyceride levels. The conclusion in this study is that there is an effect of patient drug use adherence to LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) and triglyceride levels, while there is no effect of patient drug use adherence to abdominal circumference values.]]>
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