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A multicenter, population-based and cross-sectional study was conducted in a team-tested sample of 1125 PHC nurses in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Sociodemographic, labor, lifestyle and human biology variables were investigated by mean of anamnesis. MS was evaluated according to the criteria of the first Brazilian Guideline for Metabolic Syndrome, which fully adopts the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program\u2019s Adult Treatment Panel III. MS-associated factors were tested by using robust Poisson Regression. The prevalence of MS found was 24.4%; low High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was the most prevalent component of the syndrome. In the multivariate analysis, physical inactivity (PR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.02\u20131.53), alcohol use (PR = 1.84, 95% CI = 1.22\u20132.77), acanthosis nigricans (PR = 3.23, 95% CI = 2.65\u20133.92), burnout syndrome (PR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.17\u20131.81), (PR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.12\u20131.69), working as a nursing technician (PR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.14\u20131.80), were associated to MS. 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