Relación entre el síndrome metabólico y la circunferencia de cuello en pacientes de 40 a 64 años de edad del Hospital IESS Riobamba 2016.

Abstract

This research is carried out because the relationship between metabolic syndrome and neck circumference (CCUE) in patients aged 40 to 64 years was analyzed in the Hospital at IESS (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social) in Riobamba. The study was descriptive, not experimental, transversal, with analytical method. The sample that was obtained was 78 patients attended in outpatient clinic, women between 40 and 64 years old. Cervical obesity was diagnosed in patients with a neck circumference greater than 35 cm. In addition, they were considered body mass index (IMC), abdominal perimeter (AP), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, HDL cholesterol (c-HDL), triglycerides and glucose. The results of the correlation between the circumference of the neck (CCUE) with the abdominal perimeter (r=0.509 p=0.000 (Body mass Index) (r=0.594 p=0,000) and glucose (r=0.393 p=0,000) prove to be statistically significant. In conclusion when analyzing the relationship between the presence of Metabolic Syndrome and neck circumference a positive relationship is determined between the diagnostic indicators of Metabolic Syndrome (abdominal perimeter, body mass index (BMI) glucose) and the increase in neck circumference. Therefore, it is recommended the incorporation of the measurement of neck circumference within the anthropometric assessment of nutritional care in overweight and obese patients.