Relación de la hiperlipidemia mixta en la composición corporal en mujeres de 30 a 50 años de edad funcionarias del Hospital Municipal Nuestra Señora de la Merced.

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the relationship between mixed hyperlipidemia markers (cholesterol and triglycerides) in the body composition of women between 30 and 50 years of age working at the Nuestra Señora de la Merced Municipal Hospital located in Ambato city in Tungurahua province. The study was carried out by taking anthropometric data (weight, height, percentage of body fat mass, skeletal muscle mass, visceral fat) through bioimpedance, biochemicals (cholesterol and serum triglycerides); with their informed consent and approval by the authorities of the institution. An analytical correlation analysis was performed, the database was created in Microsoft Excel, and EPI INFO was used for its respective analysis. It was concluded that mixed hyperlipidemia markers (cholesterol and triglycerides) are related to body composition components (BMI, Percent Body Fat, Visceral Fat, and Skeletal Muscle Mass). Besides, a positive relationship between weight and age was observed, that is, as age increases, weight increases; through the determination coefficient r2 = 0.168 it is determined that 16% of the weight variation is given by age. A significant relationship was determined which indicates that as weight increases and the percentage of Body Fat increases the Body Mass Index. It was recommended to socialize the results to the participants of the study to take preventive measures that have as a main component the food education and to prevent hyperlipidemias in the health personnel that works in the institution, in addition, to continue with this line of investigation in other groups of the population with participants of masculine sex.