Abstract: Objective To explore the prevalence and influencing factors of metabolic syndrome(MS)among retired college and university teaching and administrative staff in Shanxi province.Methods Totally 1 683 retired teaching and administrative staff were selected with multiple-sampling from 10 colleges or universities in Shanxi province.Influence factors of MS were analyzed with logistic regression.Results There were 486 MS sufferers identified, with an overall prevalence of 28.88%, and the prevalence showed an increasing tendency with the increment of age.Multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that widowhood(odds ratioOR=1.657), smoking(OR=2.714), obesity(OR=2.342), family history of hypertension(OR=2.937) and diabetes(OR=3.152) were the risk factors of MS;having higher income after retired(OR=0.728), intakes of fruits and vegetables(OR=0.698), and physical activity(OR=0.706) were inhibitive factors of MS.Conclusion The prevalence of MS among retired college and university teaching and administrative staff in Shanxi province is high, suggesting specific measures should be taken to control the risk factors of MS among the population.