Introduction:

In the current analysis of the workplace environment, there are evidences linked with obesity and its influence on productivity and absenteeism decrease, representing a topic of interest on occupational health.

Objective:

Comparison of body mass index (BMI) by gender in administrative personnel at the matrix institution, Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes (UNIANDES), in the city of Ambato, Ecuador, in the period November-December 2018.

Method:

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study was carried out in 130 subjects of this institution. It was framed in an epidemiological design, related to the relational level. As a parametric statistical procedure an independent samples t-test (or Student´s t-test) was used. An impedance meter of high-precision, model Inbody 770, was used. It was applied the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test including the Lilliefors significance correction for analyzing the data normality and also it was used the Levene test for homoscedasticity.

Results:

Male gender predominated in age, weight, and height, whereas, female gender was superiority in values related to BMI and percentage of fat mass, according to the bioimpedance analysis. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test of BMI yielded an asymptotic significance (bilateral) of 0.170 and 0.200 for males and females, respectively, with a p≤0.05.

Conclusions:

After compared the BMI by gender of administrative personnel at the UNIANDES, it was evident that there are no genders differences in the population analyzed.

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