Estado nutricional y factores de riesgo cardiovascular en los funcionarios de la Dirección Provincial de Salud Pública, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas 2012.

Abstract

The present research is about cross type non-experimental design in order to establish the relationship between the nutritional state and the cardiovascular risk of the officials of Health Provincial Direction belonging to “Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas”, thorough taking of anthropometric measurement gathering and survey of the Framingham which were applied to 70 officials and the general characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors and life styles were studied. The data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel and JMP 5.1. From the general characteristics: ages from 22 to62 years old; female sex 42(60%), male sex 28 (40%). Nutritional evaluation: abdominal perimeter 89 cm; BMI (body-mass index) average 25,5 kg/m2 (overweight); cardiovascular risk: lipid profile: total cholesterol 194 mg/dl (normal), cholesterol LDL 147 mg/dl (high borderline), cholesterol HDL 45,6 mg/dl, triglycerides 107 mg/dl (normal); glycaemia 86 mg/dl (normal). The cardiovascular risks in the study population are presented as follows: high with 2.85%, 5.71% moderate and low with 91.42%. By relation the cardiovascular risk dimension with age, nutritional state, IMC, abdominal perimeter, lipid prolife, glycaemia and worth arterial pressure. Determined that there is a statistically significant relationship with cardiovascular risk. The results gotten will be bent on the understanding of the authorities and staff that are in charge of the health, since it is important to make a consideration about the these results and to program an educational, nutritional and medical intervention.