Prevalencia de Dislipidemias con relación a sobrepeso y obesidad en los servidores activos de la ESPOCH. año 2013

Abstract

A study was developed on the prevalence of dyslipidemias in relation to overweight and obesity in active employees of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH) in the period September 2013. The same was carried out in the laboratory of biochemical and bacteriological analysis of the Faculty of Sciences of ESPOCH. The importance of the study was to verify the relationship between dyslipidemias and body mass index as well as the clinical characteristics of the lipid profile and anthropometric measurements. It was carried out through the campaign ""Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases"" which was attended by 287 patients out of a universe of 873 active ESPOCH servers, including 143 men and 144 women who were evaluated through surveys and clinical-serological analysis of the lipid profile determining the values of Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL-Cholesterol and LDL-Cholesterol as well as Body Mass Index (BMI) measurements to establish overweight and obesity by applying the Quetelet formula, based on the National Program for Older Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III), the prevalence of isolated hypercholesterolemia was determined, highlighting the presence of 50.00% of overweight people; in isolated hypertriglyceridemia, 45.59% of the patients were of normal weight; in mixed hyperlipidemia, 46.67% of the patients were overweight and the majority of them were male; and finally, in hypoalphalipoproteinemia, 49.62% of the patients were of normal weight and the majority of them were female. It is concluded that the prevalence of dyslipidemia does not only depend on the body mass index of the patients, because this is subject to other factors such as poor eating habits and the presence of other diseases that alter the lipid metabolism of each individual. It is recommended to implement health programs at the institutional level, such as exercise sessions, in order to reduce problems such as overweight, sedentary lifestyle and stress, which are considered risk factors for dyslipidemias and cardiovascular diseases.