Alteraciones metabólicas en adultos mayores de cinco comunidades de la parroquia Punín

Abstract

Metabolic alterations are characterized by a combination of pathologies caused by problems at a metabolic level. This research was done to determine the different alterations that can occur in elder people in Punín town. The methodology that was applied was based on quantitative research, in which it was conducted the collection of anthropometric measurements, blood samples, and sociodemographic surveys. After this, a chemical analysis was conducted to correlate the different data that was collected. One hundred elderly were considered. 14 % of them showed an elevation at HOMA rate, 8% suffer from hyperglycemia, 1% suffer from hypoglycemia, 25% suffer from hypercholesterolemia, 36% suffer from hypertriglyceridemia, 16% showed a high rate of C-HDL, and 30% showed a high rate of C-LDL. In the same way, it was diagnosed that some elderly showed more than one alteration. Therefore, a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome was carried out through EGIR criteria, obtaining as a result that 13% of the elderly suffer from metabolic syndrome. It is concluded that there are metabolic alterations in elder people in this town which can be correlated with different sociodemographic data. It was recommended the landowner of Punín town carry out a follow-up in patients who suffer from these alterations and help improve their eating habits.