Sobrepeso-obesidad y factores asociados en estudiantes. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Universidad de cuenca. 2020

Abstract

The increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity is leading to the development of a large number of diseases that decrease the quality of life and productivity; in addition, it leads to a greater spendingof resources by families and the government.OBJECTIVE: todetermine the prevalence of overweight-obesity, and associated factors in students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Cuenca in the period September 2019-February 2020.METHODOLOGY: it is anobservational, analytical and cross-sectional study carried out with 95%CI in 449 students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Cuencafrom September 2019 to February 2020. A database was created and its analysis was made withSPSS version 20 statistical package, with single and multiple frequency tables, as well as contingency tables to determine the relationshipusing the Chi-Squarestatistic with statistical significance p value<0.05.RESULTS: apopulation with prevalence of overweight of 19.8% and 4.2% of obesity; and 27.2% of students had abdominal obesity. Hypertension was 1.1% and 14.9% prehypertension.The 84.6%(380) were sedentary. Abdominal obesity (OR = 16,338 (95% CI: 9,697-27,528) p = 0.000), and a family history of obesity (OR = 2,150 (95% CI: 1,385-3,339) p = 0.001), are risk factors for being overweight andobesity in the sample studied. Furthermore, it was found that overweight and obesity (OR = 2,085 (95% CI: 1,223-3,554) p = 0.006), and abdominal obesity (OR = 1,820 (95% CI: 1,077-3,075) p = 0.024) are risk factors for suffering arterial hypertension in the sample studied.CONCLUSION: the prevalence of overweight and obesity is lower than thecomparative studies. Some factors as abdominal waist, family history of obesity and blood pressure are related to overweight and obesity.