Abstract

HOZ,, Manuel Chaple La; ERASO,, Yesit Stiven Grijalba; VALENCIA,, Lady Bermeo  and  AVALOS,, Jorge Enrique Alarcón. Prevalence and risk factors of metabolic syndrome. Salud(i)Ciencia [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.6, pp.289-292. ISSN 1667-8682.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21840/siic/164937.

In the population of Manabí there is a tendency to develop new forms and lifestyles with less energy expenditure and a high degree of stress, and a massive consumption of foods rich in saturated fat. An observational, prospective cross-sectional study was carried out with the objective of determining the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Las Pampas commune of the Montecristi canton in a sample of 96 people over 30 years of age, whose weight and height were determined. calculating the body mass index. Blood pressure, glycemia and lipid profile were measured in all of them, after fasting for 12 hours. The data collected from the surveys and the taking of metabolic measurements were tabulated and graphical representations with percentages were made, they were entered into an Access database by a data entry clerk. For the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, the recommendations of the ALAD 2010 guidelines were taken into account. It is concluded that the risk factors in the population are overweight and obesity, a prevalence of hypertension of 60.42% and in relation to the syndrome metabolic, female sex predominates with 52%, compared to men with 44%. According to the results obtained, the said results of the project should be indicated to the studied population in order to carry out actions that promote chronic disease prevention campaigns and thus improve the quality of life of the population.

Keywords : metabolic syndrome; obesity; hypertensyon; risk factors; cardiovascular disease.

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