[Cardiovascular risk factors associated to abdominal obesity in apparently healthy subjects].
OBJECTIVE
to determine the relationship between the abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in apparently healthy subjects from Mexico City.


METHODS
a total of 186 apparently healthy men and nonpregnant women from Mexico City, were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. A detailed medical history and physical examination were performed. Abdominal obesity was defined by waist circumference > or = 80 cm for women and > or = 90 cm for men.


RESULTS
a total of 125 women (67.2 %) and 61 men (32.8 %) were enrolled. Of them, 151 (81.2 %) had insulin resistance and 130 (69.9 %) abdominal obesity. Among obese subjects 96 (46.2 %) showed metabolic syndrome. There were a high prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia (31 %) and low serum levels of HDL-cholesterol (58 %).


CONCLUSIONS
the used cut point for abdominal obesity, despite identifying a high proportion of subjects with cardiovascular risk, did not recognize a high proportion of subjects with disorders in their lipid profile.
González-Chávez
Antonio
A
Unidad 108 de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de México O. D., Distrito Federal, México.
Amancio-Chassin
Octavio
O
Islas-Andrade
Sergio
S
Revilla-Monsalve
Cristina
C
Hernández-Q
Martín
M
Lara-Esqueda
Agustín
A
Naranjo
Silvia
S
Rodríguez-Morán
Martha
M
Guerrero-Romero
Fernando
F
D050153:Abdominal Fat; D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors