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Cardiology Insights 2019
Journal of Heart and Cardiovascular Research
ISSN: 2576-1455
Page 39
March 07-08, 2019
Berlin, Germany
New Horizons in Cardiology
& Cardiologists Education
22
nd
International Conference on
J Heart Cardiovasc Res 2019, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-1455-C1-003
The waist/height indicator is pre-monitor of the Metabolic
Syndrome, in children from 12 to 15 years of age in a school
in the city of Guayaquil-Ecuador
Fernando Antonio Aguirre Palacios, Antonio Coca, Maria Fernanda Aguirre
and
Gregory Celis
University of Guayaquil, Spain
T
his is a study carried out in children in Guayaquil-
Ecuador, inorder to validate the indicatorwaist/height,
with the metabolic syndrome (MS). We hypothesized the
w/h index >0.50, pre-hypertension and sedentary lifestyle
are three pre-monitors of MS, provided that the children
have reached the Tanner V stage of their sexual maturity.
395 students from 10 to 15 years old, apparently healthy,
from a densely populated and middle class area, were
included. The physical examination and laboratory tests
where done in search of the SM (Triglycerides, HDL Col,
Glycaemia, abdominal perimeter, and blood pressure) 3
blood pressure measurements were performed, and the
BMI was calculated, the w/h indicator, and plasmatic
values of Insulin, HOMA, hs PCR and Interleukin 6 were
included. The MS was defined according to NCEP ATP III
criteria, modified by De Ferranti. The average age was 12
years. The prevalence of MS was 9.37%. The relationship
of the w/h indicator with pre-hypertension and sedentary
lifestyle was statistically significant with a P value of
0.001 and 0.003. In children, with normal weight w/h
Index is <0.50, where no risk for MS, but with w/h>0.50
a risk of 2.2 times. In children with overweight and w/
h<0.50 the risk of MS was 0, while with an I w/h >0.50 the
risk was 9.15 %. The use of the w/h I is 100% sensitive for
the MS in children aged 10 to 15 years. The w/h indicator
is a simple tool, together with pre-hypertension and
sedentary lifestyle, are high-sensitivity pre-monitors to
predict Metabolic Syndrome.
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