Factores de riesgo cardiovascular y relación con la composición corporal de los trabajadores del Hospital Dr. Eduardo Montenegro del cantón Chillanes, provincia de Bolívar, 2017.

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the relationship between the cardiovascular risk factors and the staff members’ body composition at Hospital Dr. Eduardo Montenegro of the Chillanes canton. This was a transversal research. The study sample consisted of 60 staff members: 37 women and 23 men. Chilean tables of cardiovascular risk estimation according to Framingham (age, gender, smoking, diabetes mellitus, diastolic and diastolic blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and total cholesterol,) were used and their body composition (body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip index, body fat percentage) was assessed. The JMP 13 statistical software was used to analyze this information. The results were as follows: 55% of the population presented a low cardiovascular risk, 37% of the staff members were overweighed, 60% of the population had abdominal obesity, 77% of them presented android fat distribution, and 73% of them had body fat excess. Regarding the cardiovascular risk, there were statistically significant differences between waist circumference (p=0.0208) and waist-to-hip ratio (p=0.0006) and as for correlation, the waist circumference (r=0.2854 p=0.0271) and hip-to-waist ratio (r=0.4372 p=0.0005) presented relationship. It is concluded that body composition influences on the cardiovascular risk factors. It is recommended to carry out studies about the effect of diet and physical activity as factors on body composition and cardiovascular risk.