Cronotipo y su relación con el índice de masa corporal en pacientes del Hospital General Enrique Garcés. 2019

Abstract

The objective of this research work was to analyze the relationship between the chronotype and the Body Mass Index (BMI) of Ecuadorian adult subjects. It was a non-experimental study of a population (n=420) (17-71 years old) a socioeconomic test was applied to know the characteristics of the population, the IPAQ physical activity test to categorize the physical activity of the individuals, a 24-hour recall to estimate caloric intake, the Horne-Ostberg morning and evening survey was used to measure the chronotype, and an anthropometric sheet for data collection. It was found that there is a relationship between body weight and the chronotype where the moderate evenings have higher body weight (68.13kg) compared to the other chronotypes: Intermediate (66.76kg) Moderate Morning 67.69kg) and Extreme Morning (65.93kg) with a p value of 0.045, a relationship was also observed with caloric intake and the chronotype where the moderate evenings have a higher caloric intake (3629.31kcal) compared to the other chronotypes: Intermediate (2864.56kcal), moderate morning (2740.40kcal), extreme morning (2461.58kcal) with a statistical significance of (p 0.011). Another finding was the relationship between the chronotype and the ICC where the extreme morning presents higher values with 0.94 compared to the other chronotypes: Intermediate (0.92), Moderate Morning (0.92) and Moderate Evening (0.84), which denotes cardiometabolic risk with a p value (0.066). It is concluded that despite the fact that no relationship was found between chronotype and BMI, a higher dietary intake was observed in subjects with chronotype In the evening, it is recommended to perform moderate to intense physical exercise, control energy intake by eating a balanced diet and respecting the hours of sleep.