Objective:

To estimate the risk of prediabetes in the participants of a physical exercise program in the province of Chota, Peru.

Methodology:

Observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study, developed with 112 participants in a physical exercise program. An interpretation guide was used to examine risk factors and prediabetes in the participants. This guide was adapted from a North American association and two Peruvian health institutions. The statistical tests used were the prevalence odds ratio (ORP), the population etiological fraction (PEF), and the chi square of independence.

Results:

A sedentary lifestyle (ORP = 3.62), the excess of triglycerides (TGC) (ORP = 2.26), and overweight (ORP = 2.22) were the main risk factors identified in participants. According to the FEP, if adequate and timely intervention is made over such factors, the frequency of prediabetes would decrease by 8.57, 15.24 and 21.40, respectively.

Conclusions:

Prediabetes risk factors in the studied population were a sedentary lifestyle, excess of TGC and overweight, highlighting sedentary lifestyle as that with the greatest effects on health. The identified risk factors, which reported a statistically significant relationship with prediabetes, can be controlled and modified. Therefore, promotional and preventive interventions at the first level of health care must be strengthened and carried out through comprehensive and sustainable work, in order to reduce the figures of prediabetes and its related conditions.

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