Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype in Adolescents Aged 15 to 18 Years

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Elodia Rivas Alpízar¹  Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez²  Teresita Rodríguez Izaguirre³  Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni³ 

[1] Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.;Policlínico Comunitario Área III Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja. Cienfuegos.;Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos.;

关键词: fenotipo;    hipertrigliceridemia;    circunferencia abdominal;    diabetes mellitus;    obesidad;    índice de masa corporal;    adolescentes;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: presence of the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype is a predictor of cardiometabolic deterioration, increased type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease.
Objective: to determine the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years from the Area III of Cienfuegos.
Method: a case series study was conducted in a universe of 198 adolescents aged 15 to 18 years who attended a consultation created for this study at the Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja University Polyclinic in Cienfuegos municipality from March to December 2013. Each patient completed a questionnaire including the following variables: age, sex, personal medical history, family medical history, weight, height, body mass index, presence of acanthosis nigricans, triglycerides and perimeter.
Results: frequency of the phenotype was determined in 15.1 % of the participants with a slight predominance of the 18 age group (16.3 %) and female sex (8.6 %). Twenty-one point six percent of the adolescents with a family history of obesity and 21.7 % of those with first-degree diabetic relatives presented the phenotype, being hypertriglyceridemia the most significant condition.
Conclusions: a relationship between a family history of diabetes mellitus, obesity, body mass index above the 90th percentile value and presence of the phenotype was established.

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