Composición corporal y su relación con el perfil lipídico en el personal administrativo de la Novaclínica “Santa Cecilia” 2017.

Abstract

The objective of the present investigation was to determine the relationship between body composition and total cholesterol and triglyceride values in the administrative staff of the Novaclínic “Santa Cecilia" 2017. The study was a non-experimental research of transverse cohort involving 50 employees of the administrative area of the clinic. It was used the statistical program IBM SPSS statistics version 24 for the analyzes, the T test was applied for the analysis of means of variables for independent samples and the ANOVA test adjusted by the age was employed to compare the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Body composition was evaluated through body mass index, waist / hip index, waist circumference, % of total body fat, total cholesterol and triglycerides. Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to determine nutritional diagnoses, however, in the present investigation, was intended not only to assess weight excess, but also body composition by means of the assessment of fat mass, using anthropometry. It is concluded that when evaluating body composition in the group of workers who presented diagnoses of overweight, high fat mass and metabolic risk, higher were the levels of total cholesterol and plasma triglycerides. An intervention plan is proposed to prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases in the study group.