Alteración del perfil lípidico y su relación con la presión arterial y estilo de vida de los estudiantes de la carrera de Laboratorio Clínico de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato

Abstract

Currently, worldwide, hypertensive diseases have come to affect the general population, being a serious problem for the health system, since they represent a high risk of population morbidity and mortality; For this reason, it is important to maintain frequent controls of the lipid profile that allows diagnosis, prevention and timely treatment to avoid progressive damage to the health status of people. Thus, the main objective of this research lies in determining the relationship between the alteration of the lipid profile, blood pressure and lifestyle of the students of the Clinical Laboratory Career of the Technical University of Ambato. The methodology used was epidemiolo gical and public health; based on a qualitative approach, basic modality, field, documentary, laboratory; using a survey, taking blood samples and taking blood pressure for 3 consecutive days of 80 students divided into 40 students as a control population and 40 as a pathological population. Regarding the results obtained, the existence of alterations in the lipid profile is evident, so after the application of the Chi-square test, it is asserted that the alterations in the lipid profile are not related to alterations in blood pressure or style. of life of university students, due to the age of the population, since being active young people,xv there is no major vulnerability in the state of health in the short term; however, subsequently, there is a high hypertensive risk if the same lifestyle is maintaine