"Prevalencia de los factores de riesgo para el desarrollo de síndrome metabólico en adolescentes que cursan el ciclo diversificado del Colegio Técnico Particular Sudamericano en la ciudad de Cuenca durante el año lectivo 2010 - 2011"

Abstract

Background Metabolic Syndrome has become a main public health problems and it associates with cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death in Ecuador. There are few studies that assessed risk factors for the development of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. We conducted an investigation to determine the prevalence of risk factors.

Method This is a prevalence study between the period from February to May, 2010. The universe will be the students of Técnico Particular Sudamericano High School of Cuenca´s city. It will identify risk factors for metabolic syndrome according to WHO the variables in this study are: gender, age, weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and consumption cigarettes. Then we will proceed to realize a relation between each parameter.

Results In this project there is not a student with metabolic syndrome. About 300 students, only four of them has two risk factors (hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia), although physical inactivity and smoking are related to metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, this study found no relationship between risk factors.