Hypertriglyceridemic Waist Phenotype in Adolescents Aged 15 to 18 Years

• Main Authors: Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez, Elodia Rivas Alpízar, Teresita Rodríguez Izaguirre, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de las Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos 2015-09-01
• Series: Revista Finlay
• Subjects: fenotipo; hipertrigliceridemia; circunferencia abdominal; diabetes mellitus; obesidad; índice de masa corporal; adolescentes
• Online Access: http://www.revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/375

<strong>Background:</strong> presence of the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype is a predictor of cardiometabolic deterioration, increased type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease.<br /> <strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years from the Area III of Cienfuegos. <strong><br />Method:</strong> a case series study was conducted in a universe of 198 adolescents aged 15 to 18 years who attended a consultation created for this study at the Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja University Polyclinic in Cienfuegos municipality from March to December 2013. Each patient completed a questionnaire including the following variables: age, sex, personal medical history, family medical history, weight, height, body mass index, presence of acanthosis nigricans, triglycerides and perimeter. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> frequency of the phenotype was determined in 15.1 % of the participants with a slight predominance of the 18 age group (16.3 %) and female sex (8.6 %). Twenty-one point six percent of the adolescents with a family history of obesity and 21.7 % of those with first-degree diabetic relatives presented the phenotype, being hypertriglyceridemia the most significant condition. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> a relationship between a family history of diabetes mellitus, obesity, body mass index above the 90th percentile value and presence of the phenotype was established.