La obesidad : factores de riesgo en adolescentes en el Area de Consulta Externa del Hospital IESS Durán período 2014-2015
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2017
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Escuela de Medicina
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La obesidad es considerada una enfermedad mundial que ha sido considerada la epidemia del siglo XXI. En nuestro país las cifras han aumentado de manera alarmante, porque cada vez es mayor el número de personas afectadas, por eso este trabajo se basa en determinar los factores de riesgo más frecuentes que causan obesidad en pacientes adolecentes de diez a catorce años en el Hospital IESS de Durán, realizando una investigación de tipo descriptiva, cualitativa, además es un estudio transversal, basado en observación no participante o indirecta. Para realizar el presente estudio se obtuvo datos de 542 pacientes, los cuales fueron clasificados de acuerdo a su sexo y edades comprendidas entre los diez y catorce años, once meses y veinte y nueve días. De los cuales se encontraron 117 adolescentes eutróficos, 252 tenían sobrepeso y 173 presentaban obesidad. Donde la prevalencia con el 61% de los casos eran del sexo masculino y el 39% del sexo femenino. Todos estos antecedentes aumentan el riesgo de sufrir enfermedades con un alto índice de mortalidad, así encontramos que el 72% de pacientes presentaban algo riesgo para sufrir de síndrome metabólico y 170 adolescentes tuvieron elevado factor de riesgo para padecer diabetes mellitus.
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Obesity is a global disease that has been considered the epidemic of the 21st century. In our country, the numbers have risen alarmingly, because more and more people are affected, so this work is based on determining the most frequent risk factors that cause obesity in adolescents ten years in the hospital IESS de Durán, conducting a descriptive, qualitative research, in addition to a cross-sectional study, based on non-participative or indirect observation. To carry out the present study, the data of 542 patients were obtained, which were classified according to their sex and ages between ten and fourteen years, once and twenty-nine days. We found 117 eutrophic adolescents, 252 were overweight and 173 were obese. Where the prevalence with 61% of cases were male and 39% female. All of these antecedents increase the risk of diseases with a high mortality rate, so 72% of the patients had some risk for metabolic syndrome and 170 adolescents had a high risk factor for diabetes mellitus.
Obesity is a global disease that has been considered the epidemic of the 21st century. In our country, the numbers have risen alarmingly, because more and more people are affected, so this work is based on determining the most frequent risk factors that cause obesity in adolescents ten years in the hospital IESS de Durán, conducting a descriptive, qualitative research, in addition to a cross-sectional study, based on non-participative or indirect observation. To carry out the present study, the data of 542 patients were obtained, which were classified according to their sex and ages between ten and fourteen years, once and twenty-nine days. We found 117 eutrophic adolescents, 252 were overweight and 173 were obese. Where the prevalence with 61% of cases were male and 39% female. All of these antecedents increase the risk of diseases with a high mortality rate, so 72% of the patients had some risk for metabolic syndrome and 170 adolescents had a high risk factor for diabetes mellitus.
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Diabetes mellitus, Adolescente, Sindrome metabólico, Obesidad, Hospital Básico IESS Durán, Ecuador, Factores de riesgo