Introduction:

Hypertriglyceridemia is a form of dyslipidemia frequently associated with the atherosclerotic disease. Obesity is among the risk factors involved in the acceleration of the atherosclerotic process. The pathophysiologic disorder caused by the dysfuncional adipose tissue is the cause of cardiovascular, endocrinometabolic and neoplastic diseases.

Objective:

To identify the relationship between the presence of hypertriglyceridemia and waist circumference in older adults from the assessment of the body mass index, waist-hip ratio and the presence of hypertriglyceridemia, according to age and gender.

Methods:

Descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from 2015 to 2017, with a sample of 386 adults of both sexes. Data collection was performed according to the model of primary data collection of the Center for Research and of Atherosclerosis References of Havana. The data analysis was performed with the SPSS v16- software and the Chi-Square techniques.

Results:

The average age of the sample was 55.5 years and 70.6% were women. The 57 % had hypertriglyceridemia and 63.4 % an increased body mass index; 37.8% of the people had overweight and 26.5 % had obesity. Body mass index was higher in perimenopausal women, who had a predominance of hypertriglyceridemic waist. It was noticed an increase of the abdominal obesity with aging.

Conclusions:

The cardiovascular risk factors as well as the association between triglycerides and the measure of waist circumference require a systematic assessment by sex and age. The nursing consultation in Primary Care is an ideal place to promote intervention strategies to monitor the cardiovascular clinical risk through the different anthropometric parameters.

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