Transaminasas séricas en la población adulta mayor de las parroquias urbanas del Cantón Cuenca, 2015

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: On Ecuador, the metabolic syndrome (MS) affect near to 40% of the population according to the Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP), increases with the height and weight and also age. That is to say since more are height and age, more probably have the people to increase the fat´s liver, that calls non alcoholic hepatic steatosis (NASH). It is the most popular reason to chronic increase to the transaminases. OBJECTIVE: Determine the frequency of seric transaminases on urban parishes of canton Cuenca of mayors adult 2015-2016. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Descriptive studio on 387 patients higher to 65 years old, which lives in Cuenca´s canton, with polls got the age, gender, marital status, instruction, the anthropometrics measures were take like high, weight, abdominal circumference. The group of metabolic syndrome, accomplish with Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) criteria, for the transaminases quantification a venue sample was extract, that was analyze on serum of the all patients, with a fats minimum of eight hours, , with Genesis 20 spectrophotometer, the Wiener Lab.´s reagent. In Centro de Diagnóstico de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. For this request the informed consent. To data´s process was used SPSS 2.0 version, Epi Info and Excel 2013. Was used for the analysis the relative frequency, percentage and central tendency measures like: average, median and fad. Dispersion measures like: standard deviation of AST and ALT. RESULTS: The clinical´s exams gave that 40 patients (10, 34%) showed high levels of ALT, with values between 0,3 and 47 U/L, median of 7,64 U/L (DE=4,78), so 89,66% (347), don´t showed any problem. The AST levels were between 0, 3 and 69 U/L, with a median of 7, 05 U/L (SD= 4, 78). The AST values that not exceed the established limits, 27 patients (6, 98%) showed high levels of AST, and 93,02% (360) patients without disturbance.