Body mass index an anthropometric measure associated with tg / hdl index, a novel cardio-metabolic risk factor

Abstract

Objective: To determine the relationship between obesity and the TG / HDL index in patients treated at the endocrinology outpatient service of the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in 2018. Methods: The study was observational, analytical, case-control type not matched at a ratio of 4: 1, with a total of 288 study subjects, 230 controls and 58 cases meeting the selection criteria, involving patients treated in the consultation service. external endocrinology. The sample was simple random, the variables Sex, age, Body mass index, Total cholesterol, Total triglycerides, HDL-c, LDL-c, TG / HDL index were included. A logistic regression model was used to obtain an Odds Ratio for association strength. Results: The relative frequency of obesity was 65.52% and 29.13%, for the cases and controls respectively, in turn a statistical significance with the Fisher exact test, P-value 0.000. A relationship between Obesity and TG / HDL-c Index was found by bivariate logistic regression (OR 4.62, p = 0.000, 95% CI 2.51-8.52). Conclusion: A relationship was found between Obesity and the TG / HDL-c index, being able to be extrapolated to the adult population served in the endocrinology service of Metropolitan Lima, this is the first article published in this regard at the national level, prospective studies are recommended to determine causality.