Prevalencia y factores de riesgo asociados al síndrome metabólico, en taxistas de la ciudad de Cuenca 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Metabolic Syndrome is a common problem in people who are exposed to stressful activities such as in the case of professional taxi drivers who work long hours, being exposed to several triggers such as heart and cardiovascular diseases. (1-2)

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome in taxi drivers in Cuenca city, 2016.

METHOD: This was a transversal study. The participants were 237 taxi drivers chosen randomly who belonged to the Unión de Taxistas del Azuay and to the Asociación del Frente Unido de Taxistas del Azuay of the city of Cuenca. The taxi drivers signed an informed consent, being explained about the procedure to follow. A survey was applied to compile information about the patients’ personal information and the study variables. The information obtained was entered into a database; it was processed and analyzed through prevalence, confidence index and P value, and its tabulation in SPSS V22 with charts in Microsoft Excel.

RESULTS: 57 taxi drivers out of the 237 met 3 of the 5 diagnostic criteria of Metabolic Syndrome such as: hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, low c-HDL, with a prevalence of 24%. Besides, it was determined that the 4 most risk factors were age between 45-65 (RP: 1.95, VP: 0.005), male sex (RP: 1.59. VP: 0.005), physical inactivity (RP: 1.63, VP: 0.004) and genetics (RP: 1.14, VP: 0.66), the lower risk factors were food (RP: 0.95, VP: 0.422), smoking (RP: 1.06, VP: 0.91), and alcoholism (RP: 1.11, VP: 0.79).

CONCLUSION: The research contributed to the identification of metabolic syndrome in 24.0 % of the population. The most determinant risk factor was age between 45-65 years old