Valoración del índice cintura- talla y su asociación con la dislipemia, en pacientes en edad escolar atendidos en la consulta externa del Hospital Roberto Gilbert de enero a diciembre del 2019.

Abstract

The waist-height index is an anthropometric measure to assess abdominal fat or central fat, associated with a high risk of metabolic complications, including dyslipidemia, in which several studies have shown the association of a waist-height index greater than 0.5 with alterations in the lipid profile of school-age children. Objective: To establish the association between the waist-height index with dyslipidemia in school-age children. Methodology: This is a relational, analytical, cross-sectional, retrospective study, based on the contrast of null hypotheses, analyzing the association between the waist-height index with a value greater than 0.5 and dyslipidemia in patients seen in the outpatient clinic at school age between 6 and 11 years old during the period from January to December 2019 in the outpatient clinic of the Hospital de Niños Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde. Results: 287 patients between 6 and 11 years of age were studied, in those patients with a waist-height index greater than 0.5 it was associated with elevated triglycerides, with a mean = 103.29 mg / dl in contrast to those with an index less than 0.5 with a mean = 83.3mg / dl, in HDL levels with a mean = 46.65 mg / dl with respect to patients with waist-height index less than 0.5 with a mean = 50.13 mg / dl. VLDL measurements were higher in patients with a waist / height ratio greater than 0.5 with a mean = 20.36 mg / dl, in contrast to the index less than 0.5 with a mean = 16.10mg / dl. The non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test reveals that there are no statistically significant differences in the measurements of LDL, or Cholesterol. Conclusion: The waist-height index in school age is relevant when it has a value greater than 0.5, to perform a screening of the patient's lipid profile, with the probability of finding an alteration in triglycerides, HDL, VLDL.