title: [Study of correlation between diagnostic hypertriglyceridemic waist and metabolic syndrome in adults in Trujillo, Peru].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the correlation between hypertriglyceridemic waist (HTGW) and metabolic syndrome (MS) in adults of Trujillo according to diagnostic criteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational, prospective and cross-sectional study with a sample of 500 adults in Trujillo, selected by probability sampling and stratified by sex and age. Information on anthropometric measurements, blood pressure and biochemical tests was collected; Criteria proposed by the ATP III and Joint Interim Statement (JIS) for MS, as well as Gomez and JIS for HTGW were applied. EPIDAT software was used to calculate Z test, Student t test and the Kappa (k) with a confidence interval (CI) of 95%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Information regarding 239 men and 261 women were collected. The frequency of HTGW according to Gomez criteria was 30% in the total sample, 29.7% in men and 30.3% women. According to JIS criteria the frequency was 34% in the total sample, 38.1% in men and 30.3% women. Metabolic Syndrome with JIS criteria had good agreement with HTGW according to Gomez criteria with k = 0.63 and according to JIS criteria with k = 0.66.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Good agreement was evidenced between the HTGW according to Gomez and JIS criteria and MS according to JIS.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Atención Primaria Metropolitano, ESSALUD, Trujillo, Perú
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Linares-Reyes
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Castillo-Minaya
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Pampas-Pallasc, Ancash, Perú
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ríos-Mino
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huamán-Saavedra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064250:Hypertriglyceridemic Waist / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult