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RAMIREZ, Robinson  e  AGREDO, Ricardo A. Sedentary lifestyle is a predictor of hypertriglyceridemia, central obesity and overweight. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.2, pp.75-79. ISSN 0120-5633.

Objective: To examine the association between a sedentary lifestyle with different cardiovascular risk factors in apparently healthy adults. Design: descriptive study in 147 adults. Mean age (38 ± 2.5 years). We estimated the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors by gender, and the association between sedentary lifestyle and glucose blood levels, and  increased lipids, overall obesity (as measured by body mass index) and central obesity (measured by waist circumference) in the general population. Results: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors studied was higher in men than in women. Central obesity (77.1%) and sedentary lifestyle (45.7%) were highly prevalent in men, and were followed by overweight (41.4%), hypertriglyceridemia(40.1%) and hypercholesterolemia (27.1%), p <0.01. In the general population, sedentary lifestyle was a predictor of hypertriglyceridemia 3.36 times (CI 95%, 0.95 to 3.96), central obesity 2.6 times (CI 95%, 1.26 to 5.39) and general obesity 1.93 times (CI 95%, 1.44 to 7.91), (p <0.05), compared with physically active subjects. Conclusions: sedentary lifestyle is associated with the cardiovascular risk factors of hypertriglyceridemia, central obesity and general obesity. Early identification could bring benefits in preventing cardiovascular diseases that currently have an epidemic character in Colombia.

Palavras-chave : cardiovascular risk factors; sedentary lifestyle; obesity; dyslipidemia.

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