Prevalence of overweight, obesity and dyslipidemia in health workers at the primary level

Abstract

Dyslipidemia and obesity are modifiable risk factors of cardiovascular risk. To determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and dyslipidemia in health care workers. Cross-sectional study was conducted. It carried out a sampling random with affixation proportional. The sample size was 123 health care workers. Body mass index and waist circumference anthropometric technique was evaluated. Considered high total cholesterol > 200 mg/dl, high LDL-C> 100 mg/dl, low HDL-C (men HDL-C<40 mg/dL and women HDL-C<50 mg/dl), and triglycerides≥ 150 md/d. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 30.1%, 40.5% triglycerides, 69.3% low HDL-C, high LDL-C 55.2%, and global dyslipidemia was 87.7%. The median triglycerides (p = 0.034) and LDL-C was higher in males than in females (p=0.038). The dyslipidemia increased as age increased in LDL-C (p=0.015). Dyslipidemia, overweight, obesity and obesity abdominal were higher in workers women. The prevalence of overweight was 41.1%, 25.8% obesity and the obesity abdominal was 37.5%. The prevalence of dyslipidemia global was high and more than half of health workers were overweight or obese and one-third had abdominal obesity.

Keywords

• Hipercolesterolemia
• Hipertrigliceridemia
• Hiperlipidemias
• dislipidemias
• Salud Laboral