Abstract

RIOS-GARCIA, Ana Liliana et al. Frecuence and risk factors for the development of metabolic syndrome in the obesity program patients of a health institution in Barranquilla (Colombia), 2011. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.2, pp.315-326. ISSN 0120-5552.

Objective: To determine the frequency and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in obese patients program in a health institution in Colombia. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study, with bivariate analysis, with a sample equivalent to 119 patients obtained from the database of the institution. A socio-demographic and clinical characterization was done on the patients; and unstructured interviews with 10 users of the program to explore psychosocial variables. We calculated the central tendency and dispersion; in the case of the relation between the categorical variables, OR and its corresponding value of p were calculated Results: 81.5% were women. The percentage distribution of age was 37.8%, 25.2%, 20%, 10.9%, 5.9% in the age groups: 38-47, 48-57, 28-37, 58-67,18 and 27 years respectively. The 44.5% of the population had the metabolic syndrome (ATP III) of this nearly 50% had grade II obesity, high physical inactivity (92.5%). -In the relation between exercise variables, tobacco and alcohol, inactivity and metabolic syndrome, a statistical significance was not found. Regarding the interviewed cases, there is an influence of variables related to family dynamics that influence the health of patients. Conclusions: The metabolic syndrome was present mostly in females, which should be a cause for alert to health institutions and their programs; according to the overt behavior in this population, there are perpetuating factors for the permanence of the disease including physical inactivity and psychosocial situations encountered.

Keywords : Metabolic syndrome; obesity.

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