Cintura hipertrigliceridémica en adultos pertenecientes al Policlínico Héroes del Moncada, en La Habana
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Hypertriglyceridemia is a form of dyslipidemia frequently associated with the
atherosclerotic disease. Obesity is among the risk factors involved in the acceleration of the
atherosclerotic process. The pathophysiologic disorder caused by the dysfuncional adipose
tissue is the cause of cardiovascular, endocrinometabolic and neoplastic diseases.
Objective: To identify the relationship between the presence of hypertriglyceridemia and waist
circumference in older adults from the assessment of the body mass index, waist-hip ratio and
the presence of hypertriglyceridemia, according to age and gender.
Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from 2015 to 2017, with a sample of
386 adults of both sexes. Data collection was performed according to the model of primary
data collection of the Center for Research and of Atherosclerosis References of Havana. The
data analysis was performed with the SPSS v16- software and the Chi-Square techniques.
Results: The average age of the sample was 55.5 years and 70.6% were women. The 57 % had
hypertriglyceridemia and 63.4 % an increased body mass index; 37.8% of the people had
overweight and 26.5 % had obesity. Body mass index was higher in perimenopausal women,
who had a predominance of hypertriglyceridemic waist. It was noticed an increase of the
abdominal obesity with aging.
Conclusions: The cardiovascular risk factors as well as the association between triglycerides
and the measure of waist circumference require a systematic assessment by sex and age. The
nursing consultation in Primary Care is an ideal place to promote intervention strategies to
monitor the cardiovascular clinical risk through the different anthropometric parameters