title: [Cardiovascular risk factors associated to abdominal obesity in apparently healthy subjects].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad 108 de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de México O. D., Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Chávez
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Amancio-Chassin
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islas-Andrade
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Revilla-Monsalve
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Q
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lara-Esqueda
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naranjo
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Morán
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Romero
mesh_terms: 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