Prevalencia y factores asociados a síndrome metabólico en pacientes entre 20 y 45 años, Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, 2013

Abstract

Objective To determine the prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in patients 20 to 45 years attending outpatient Carrasco José Arteaga Hospital during 2013.

Material and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among a random and representative sample, whose size is calculated based on 95% confidence, 18% smoking prevalence and 5% inference error. Data were collected and analyzed directly in the software SPSS version 15.

Results 290 patients aged between 20 and 45 years and a median of 40 was studied. 52.0% were men, 77.9% lived in urban areas, 44.2% were classified with medium and low socioeconomic level and 41.4% had less than 8 years of study. The point prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 57.2% (95% CI: 51.5-62.9) in men 53.9% (95% CI: 46.0-61.8) in women of 60.9% (95% CI: 52.8-69.0), between 20 and 29 years of 48.3% (95% CI 35.4-61.2), while between 30 and 45 years of 59.5% (95% CI: 53.2-65.8) was significantly associated with overweight (OR 1.384 95% CI : 1144-1673, p-value = 0.002) and obesity (OR 1.522, 95% CI: 1270-1825, p value = 0.000).

Conclusion The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is high, with similar distribution by sex and age group and is positively associated with overweight and obesity.

Keywords METABOLIC SYNDROME PREVALENC, ASSOCIATED FACTORS.