Prevalencia del Síndrome Metabólico en el Personal Docente del Área Administrativa de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Sede Loja. Período 2017-2018

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Abstract:The purpose of this research work was to determine the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the teaching staff of the administrative area of ​​the Private Technical University of Loja in the 2017-2018 period. It is a quantitative design study of descriptive-observational type, and transversal approach; The population universe was made up of 181 teachers from the administrative area, applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the form, IPAQ international physical activity questionnaire and laboratory tests were applied to 53 people, 37 women and 16 men. The data were tabulated and encoded in the EXCEL version 2016 software and the analysis was performed in the SPSS version 24 software The prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome was 11.3% with the ATP III criteria. Prevalence by criteria: central obesity 35.85%, blood pressure> 130/85 mmHg 5.66%, fasting glucose> 100 mg / dl 5.66%, triglycerides> 150mg / dl 39.62%, HDL cholesterol 41, 51% The Pearson correlation test showed the existence of relationships between triglyceride-HDL cholesterol, abdominal perimeter-HDL cholesterol and abdominal perimeter-triglyceride associations.