Abstract

ORTIZ PEREZ, Gerardo; PEREZ SALAS, Víctor Leandro; ABALOS FERNANDEZ, Eleanne Yamilé  and  DE LA FE BATISTA, Lázara Ester. Incidence of the metabolic syndrome in a community of II Frente Oriental "Frank País García" municipality. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.10, pp.6039-6045. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 73 persons, belonging to the community of Mícara in II Frente municipality from Santiago de Cuba province was carried out during 2011, in order to determine the incidence of the metabolic syndrome in it, and its relation to selected variables. The diagnosis of the mentioned disorder was based on the criteria of the World Health Organization. Proportion and percentage were used as summary measures. In the series, the metabolic syndrome had an incidence of 19.1% and it prevailed in the male sex, those older than 30 years, the category of managers, as well as those with excessive energy consumption and poor physical activity. It was recommended to carry out educational intervention activities to modify the lifestyles, to eliminate the predisposing factors for the disease and to improve the life quality of the affected persons.

Keywords : metabolic syndrome; lifestyle; predisposing factor; life quality; II Frente..

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