Prevalencia de factores de riesgo para presentar enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en los estudiantes de primero y noveno semestre de la Universidad Santo Tomás Jornada Diurna

Abstract

Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are currently the most prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality in adults worldwide. We evaluated 424 students (237 first semester students and 164 ninth semester students) of 17 academic programs of the University of Santo Tomas, evaluating them: weight, height, BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, alcohol consumption, smoking, eating habits and physical exercise, data were evaluated using descriptive statistics differences among students by gender and semester. We found a higher prevalence of risk factors in ninth semester, BMI> 25 (25%), smoking and alcohol (83.33%), physical inactivity (81.25%), poor diet (87.5%), high diastolic pressure (75%), high systolic pressure (56.25%) and abdominal circumference (8.33%). In people, the University is the opportunity to develop the knowledge, but also is the ideal space to acquire bad habits of life, contributing to the further development of NCDs. Data from this research will enable strategies to prevent this trend helping in the health of the student population in the USTA.