Abstract

RUIZ D., Rosario; GONZALES GALLEGOS, Max  and  MIRANDA NAVIA, Eunice. METABOLIC SYNDROME PREVALENCE IN PREECLAMPSIA. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.2, pp.24-28. ISSN 1726-8958.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in pregnant women with preeclampsia at Materno Infantil Hospital, Caja Nacional de Salud in La Paz-Bolivia. Material and Methods: It was conducted an observational, descriptive and transversal study in 181 pregnant patients over a period of 22 months. Body mass index (BMI) and systemic blood pressure on rightarm were measured. MS diagnosis was based on the IDF and NCEP ATP III consensus, considering 5 criteria of MS diagnosis, it was excluded waist circumference due to the uterine physiological changes. All data were processed with SPSS 15.0 and Epi Info 3.5 statistical packages. Results were correlated with 2x2 contingency tables and evaluated with the chi-square test. Results: Pregnant women displayed a 49.7% of metabolic syndrome, 80.1% hypertriglyceridemia, 60.9% HDL cholesterol less than 50 mg/dl, 19.2% of glucose higher than 110 mg/dl and 75.6% of BMI higher than 25. Statistically significant associations between SM/preeclampsia and BMI over 25/ preeclampsia (J² 12,83, p<0, 05) were found. Conclusions: There is a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women with preeclampsia, stating a statistically significant relationship between variables.

Keywords : Metabolic syndrome; preeclampsia; hypertension; body mass index; triglycerides; HDL cholesterol; blood glucose.

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