Hábitos alimentarios y su relación con el acné vulgar grado I y II en pacientes atendidos en el Centro Dermatológico Úraga, en Guayaquil, período noviembre 2022 – enero 2023.

Abstract

There is a considerable prevalence of people suffering from Acne Vulgaris, and they indicate that a great cause of the alteration of their clinical picture is due to the type of food, mainly food with a high content of fats and carbohydrates, which has generated a lot of controversy. The objective of this study is to determine the dietary habits and their relation to Acne Vulgaris in patients treated at the Centro Dermatológico Úraga, to whom the CFCA (food consumption frequency questionnaire) was applied, a sample of 40 patients was used, which was made up of 60% women and 40% men. In this sample, Acne Vulgaris Grade I affects 22.5% of the women in the sample and 10% of the men, and Acne Vulgaris Grade II affects 37.5% of the women and 30% of the men. On the other hand, in the food intake, it was observed that in most of the food groups there was an adequate consumption, only in the group of sweets, junk food and soda, there was an excess represented by 85% of the sample. By means of the Chi-square test it was possible to determine that with a P value of 0.039, there is a relationship between Acne Vulgaris and the food group of sweets, fast food and soda.