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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2015; 53 (S1)
Overweigth, obesity, metabolic syndrome and waist/height index in health staff
Cruz-Dominguez MP, González-Márquez F, Ayala-López EA, Lidia Vera-Lastra O, Vargas- Rendón GH, Zarate-Amador A, Jara-Quezada LJ
Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 36-41
PDF size: 82.15 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Health staff self-applied strategies are insuffi -
ciently to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this article
is to investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and
metabolic syndrome and waist/height index on health staff.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study from January to April 2014
in 735 workers of the UMAE Specialties La Raza. A diagnosis of
overweight and obesity was established according to WHO criteria
and metabolic syndrome NCEP ATP-III. In 250 participants lipid profi
le and blood chemistry were obtained. Descriptive statistics was
applied, chi square, Student t test or Kruskal-Wallis to compare groups.
Results: We included 496 women and 239 men (physicians, nurses
and other workers). 38 % were overweight; 22 % had obesity. We found
fasting hyperglycemia › 126 mg/dl in 5.1 %, between 100-126 mg/dl
in 17.4 %, hypertriglyceridemia in 40.4 %; HDL cholesterol ‹ 40 mg/dl
66 % in men and HDL cholesterol ‹ 50 mg/dl 51.4 % in women. Waist
measurement was 93 ± 11 cm in men vs. 88 ± 13 m in women. The waist/
height index in the ideal weight group was 0.048 ± 0.04, for overweight
0.55 ± 0.04 and for obesity 0.65 ± 0.064 (
p ‹ 0.01). Metabolic syndrome
prevalence was 30.6 %, smoking 21.6 % and alcohol consumption 35 %.
Conclusions: The prevalence of obesity-overweight was 60 % and metabolic
syndrome 30 %, making it necessary to take immediate actions to
modify the lifestyle of health staff.
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