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Pold Christian Vega Salazar
, José Luis Guzmán Mallqui, Clara Cristina Núñez Barrón, Paula Sofia Turriate Aguilar
Introducción: Las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT) presentan una alta tasa de morbimortalidad en el mundo; siendo las enfermedades cardiovasculares la principal muerte en el mundo y se puede evitar modificando hábitos.
Objetivos: Determinar la relación entre los indicadores de riesgo cardiovascular y la masa muscular de los internos de medicina de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM).
Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio transversal en 101 participantes de 20 a 29 años estudiantes de último año de Medicina Humana de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de la ciudad de Lima, Perú. Los datos fueron analizados por correlación de Pearson.
Resultados: Del total de participantes 54% eran del sexo masculino. Se evidenció que el 55,5 % presentaba un índice cintura-talla moderado y alto; además el perímetro abdominal (PAB) e índice cintura-talla (ICT) se encontró más elevado en las mujeres independiente a la edad. Los internos de medicina presentaron una correlación entre los indicadores de riesgo cardiovascular y la masa muscular. Es decir, a menor masa muscular mayor fue el riesgo de presentar un PAB e ICT elevado.
Conclusiones: Los indicadores antropométricos de riesgo cardiovascular tuvieron una correlación negativa alta con la masa muscular en internos de Medicina Humana.
Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) present a high rate of morbidity and mortality in the world; Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in the world and can be avoided by changing habits.
Objective: Determine the relationship between cardiovascular risk indicators and muscle mass of medical interns at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM).
Methods: An analytical, cross-sectional and correlational design study was carried out. 101 human medicine interns selected by non-probabilistic sampling, for convenience. The cardiovascular risk indicators were constituted by the waist/height index (ICT) and the abdominal perimeter (PAB), while muscle mass was evaluated using the electrical bioimpedance technique (BIA). The inclusion criterion was that at least one of the four rotations of the internship had been completed and, in contrast, those with any underlying metabolic condition or who did not meet the requirements for BIA assessment were excluded. The data were analyzed in the SPSS program, using the Pearson statistical test.
Results: Of the total participants, 54% were male. Moderate (30.7%) and high (24.8%) cardiovascular risk was found, according to ICT, while, according to PAB, a high (19.8%) and very high (10.9%) cardiovascular risk was found in the evaluated sample. Medical interns showed a correlation of ICT (p=0.03) and PAB (p=0.003) with muscle mass. That is, the lower the muscle mass, the greater the risk of presenting cardiovascular risk.
Conclusion: Anthropometric indicators of cardiovascular risk had a high negative correlation with muscle mass in medical interns.
