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Horizonte Médico (Lima)
Print version ISSN 1727-558X
Abstract
TEJADA LOPEZ, Yeny Ofelia et al. Clinical and epidemiological profile of the metabolic syndrome among adults treated at the Hospital I Florencia de Mora EsSalud. Horiz. Med. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.4, e1168. ISSN 1727-558X. http://dx.doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2020.v20n4.07.
Objective
To determine the clinical and epidemiological profile of the metabolic syndrome among adults treated at the Hospital I Florencia de Mora EsSalud.
Materials and methods
A retrospective, observational and descriptive study conducted in a population of 4,752 patients screened for the Reforma de Vida program. The International Diabetes Federation's diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome were used.
Results
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is 38.97 %. The most frequent variables of the clinical profile were central obesity (97.50 %), low levels of HDL cholesterol (86.4 %) and hypertriglyceridemia (80.10 %). All these variables showed statistical significance. The most frequent variables of the epidemiological profile were female sex (68.10 %) and middle- age adult (48.30 %).
Conclusions
More than one third of the study population has metabolic syndrome. Obesity, low levels of HDL cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, middle-age adult and female sex prevailed in this group.
Keywords : Adult; Metabolic syndrome; Health profile.