QUETELET INDEX ASSOCIATED WITH YEARS OF WORK IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS IN QUILLACOLLO COCHABAMBA

Authors

  • Hans Ruddy Angulo Camacho Docente de ciencias básicas de la carrera de medicina UNITEPC. Cochabamba – Bolivia, Centro de investigación medicina UNITEPC. CIMU Cochabamba – Bolivia
  • Luis Alejandro Lafuente Lafuente Centro de investigación medicina UNITEPC. CIMU Cochabamba – Bolivia
  • Daiana Beatriz Ramos Medrano Centro de investigación medicina UNITEPC. CIMU Cochabamba – Bolivia
  • Lizeth Chacon Paco Centro de investigación medicina UNITEPC. CIMU Cochabamba – Bolivia
  • Camila Saiara De Melo R. Centro de investigación medicina UNITEPC. CIMU Cochabamba – Bolivia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36716/unitepc.v6i1.49

Keywords:

Risk, Body Mass Index, Work.

Abstract

Introduction: There are work activities that are more exposed to develop chronic nontrasmissible diseases, the objective is to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity related to years of work in public transport drivers in Quillacollo. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, prospective, descriptive study; the sample is 360 evaluated drivers. Results: showed in relation to the nutritional status the overweight is 35.6%; Type I obesity 35.8%, Obesity type II 6.4%, Obesity type III 0.3% and normal 21.9%. Relating the working years and the nutritional status it can be observed that the drivers who work from 1 to 7 years; 43.7% normal, 38.3% overweight and 18% obesity grade I. Drivers who work from 8 to 14 years; 12.4% normal, 40.5% overweight, 44.6% obesity type I, 2.5% obesity type II. The group of more than 15 years of work; 5.7% normal, 26.4% overweight, 48.1% obesity type I, 18.9% obesity type II and 0.9% obesity type III. Discussion: The 62.7% work in this area for more than eight years and analyzing the relationship between working years and nutritional status it was found (P = 0.01), more years of work as a public transport driver , greater problems of nutrition by excess.

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Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

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Angulo Camacho HR, Lafuente Lafuente LA, Ramos Medrano DB, Chacon Paco L, Saiara De Melo R. C. QUETELET INDEX ASSOCIATED WITH YEARS OF WORK IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS IN QUILLACOLLO COCHABAMBA. Recisa UNITEPC [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 5];6(1):20-5. Available from: https://investigacion.unitepc.edu.bo/revista/index.php/revista-unitepc/article/view/191

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