title: [Overweigth, obesity, metabolic syndrome and waist/height index in health staff].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health staff self-applied strategies are insufficiently to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this article is to investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome and waist/height index on health staff.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study from January to April 2014 in 735 workers of the UMAE Specialties La Raza. A diagnosis of overweight and obesity was established according to WHO criteria and metabolic syndrome NCEP ATP-III. In 250 participants lipid profile and blood chemistry were obtained. Descriptive statistics was applied, chi square, Student t test or Kruskal-Wallis to compare groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We included 496 women and 239 men (physicians, nurses and other workers). 38% were overweight; 22% had obesity. We found fasting hyperglycemia>126 mg/dl in 5.1%, between 100-126 mg/dl in 17.4%, hypertriglyceridemia in 40.4%; HDL cholesterol<40 mg/dl 66% in men and HDL cholesterol<50 mg/dl 51.4% in women. Waist measurement was 93±11 cm in men vs. 88±13 m in women. The waist/height index in the ideal weight group was 0.048±0.04, for overweight 0.55±0.04 and for obesity 0.65±0.064 (p<0.01). Metabolic syndrome prevalence was 30.6%, smoking 21.6% and alcohol consumption 35%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of obesity-overweight was 60% and metabolic syndrome 30%, making it necessary to take immediate actions to modify the lifestyle of health staff.
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal. drapilarcd@prodigy.net.mx.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Pilar Cruz-Domínguez
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Márquez
authors.forename: Ernesto A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ayala-López
authors.forename: Olga Lidia
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Vera-Lastra
authors.forename: Gerardo H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Vargas-Rendón
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zárate-Amador
authors.forename: Luis Javier
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Jara-Quezada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D065927:Waist-Height Ratio
keywords: Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Overweight