Perfil lipídico e índice de masa corporal en pacientes de consulta externa con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles

Abstract

Dyslipidemia is increasingly considered a public health problem, it can be stated that the genesis of this disease is concentrated in adulthood, and is usually related to cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, chronic non-communicable diseases and alterations in the body mass index, in addition to presenting triggering factors such as inadequate eating habits, sedentary lifestyle and current lifestyle. In Ecuador, the increase in mortality rates due to diseases derived from dyslipidemia is found in vulnerable populations such as the elderly. The aim of the study was to establish the relationship between lipid profile and body mass index in patients with chronic non-communicable diseases attending outpatient clinics. For this purpose, 91 clinical histories were analyzed, with data on lipid profile (total cholesterol and triglycerides) and body mass index by means of quantitative, correlational and descriptive statistics, in the IBM SPSS Statistics Chi-Square program. In which a statistically significant relationship was determined between triglyceride levels and BMI, showing that the higher the BMI, the greater the probability of having a lipid alteration and the greater the probability of having a chronic non-transmissible disease.