Prevalencia de síndrome metabólico en estudiantes de Internado, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil año 2022.

Abstract

The set of conditions that are grouped as metabolic syndrome is one of the main risk factors for the development of chronic noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus II or cardiovascular disease (CVD). The prevalence of this syndrome is increasing steadily, resulting in an increase in diseasesthat puts enormous pressure on health systems, thereby increasing economic and social costs. Factors such as stress or poor diet to which young people are currently exposed can predispose them to presenting metabolic syndrome and developing chronic diseases in the future. For this reason, the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, following the NCEP ATP-III criteria in the interns of the medicine career of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil in 2022. For this, a quantitative study was developed. analytical cross-sectional study in a sample of 88 inmates, and descriptive statistics were calculated, the Pearson correlation coefficient was obtained, and hypotheses were contrasted with the Mann-Whitney U test. The results showed a 6% prevalence of inmates with metabolic syndrome, showing an association with overweight and blood pressure, proving the hypothesis that abnormal overweight and blood pressure have an impact on the presence of metabolic syndrome.