SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.25 número4Caracterización de los pacientes infectados por VIH-SIDA en la provincia de GuantánamoSistema de tareas docentes integradoras para la asignatura Célula, Tejidos y Sistema Tegumentario índice de autoresíndice de materiabúsqueda de artículos
Home Pagelista alfabética de revistas  

Servicios Personalizados

Articulo

Indicadores

  • No hay articulos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

  • No hay articulos similaresSimilares en SciELO

Compartir


Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

versión On-line ISSN 1561-3194

Resumen

VENTO PEREZ, Raúl Alexander et al. Relation waist-to-height index with morbidity and cardiometabolic risk in the adults from Pinar del Rio province. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.4  Epub 01-Jul-2021. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction:

waist-to-height index is an anthropometric indicator that has captured interests as useful marker to measure the central adiposity and cardiometabolic risk.

Objective:

to demonstrate the relation of waist-to-height index with morbidity and cardiometabolic risk in the adults from Pinar del Rio province.

Methods:

and observational, analytical and cross-sectional research was carried out in 164 workers from Pinar del Rio University of Medical Sciences and Jesus Lemus Mirabal Polyclinic between September 2018 and February 2019. Anthropometric measures, measurement of blood pressure, hematological determination and an abdominal ultrasound were assessed; using the non-parametric tests of U and of Mann-Whitney for the comparison.

Results:

the average age of the series of study was 48,4±12,58 years old. The anthropometric indicators of hip and waist circumferences and the body mass index [BMI] showed higher average values in the group with BMI ≥0,5. In the subjects who presented BMI ≥0,5 were found higher average levels of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and uric acid, than those who presented acceptable TBI values(p<0,05). The BMI showed positive and significant correlation (p<0,05) with the values of all the hematological-biochemical parameters applied. The anomalous values of cardiometabolic risk were concentrated among those showing BMI ≥0,50.

Conclusions:

the waist-to-height index is a simple and valid indicator to identify the adults with increased cardiometabolic risk and morbidity from chronic noncommunicable diseases.

Palabras clave : WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ADULT; MORBIDITY.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )