Relación entre nutrición, polución del aire y enfermedad cardiovascular: PCR Ultrasensible en el personal policial de tránsito del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Diciembre 2008

Abstract

Cardiovascular affections are polygenetic diseases, which involve manifold risk factors. It has been demonstrated that atmosphere and environmental toxic substances exert influence on the sickness frequency, increasing cardiovascular risk previously in existence and carrying on other risk factors or acting independently. Objective:To study the relationship between nutrition, air pollution, and cardiovascular disease by PCR-us on the police transit personnel of the Metropolitan District of Quito. Methods: It has been designed an observational study of a retrospective cohort. The selected participants were divided in two groups of 150 each one, and there were chosen, as variables: the total number of globules white, levels, glycemia BMI Results:Significant differences were statistically found for the variables: total number of globules white, glycemia levels, BMI Conclusion:The group with high levels of PCR-us but less exposure to environmental pollution also differ significantly by having high levels of glucose and cholesterol and a greater number of pre-diabetics and diabetics. This is consistent with the literature reports that the PCR-us usually tends to be higher or associated with diabetes and atherosclerosis, as found in this study.