%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de factores de riesgo para enfermedades cr¨®nicas no transmisibles en alumnos de Medicina y Sociolog¨ªa, Universidad de Valpara¨ªso, 2009.
%A Roc¨ªo Mora D
%A Patricia Olgu¨ªn A
%A Nelson Ogalde
%A Jorge Gregoire
%J Revista ANACEM
%D 2011
%I Asociaci¨®n Nacional Cient¨ªfica de Estudiantes de Medicina de Chile, ANACEM
%X INTRODUCTION: Non-transmissible chronic diseases are a main cause of morbimortality in Chile and worldwide. Although its etiology is multifactorial, risk factors for these diseases are likely to be modified. These ones act by long terms of time before the appearance of a non-transmissible chronic disease, so it is interesting to know the prevalence of these factors among students of different areas of knowledge, who changes their lifestyle that could affect their habits. OBJECTIVE: Estimate and compare the prevalence of risk factors for non-transmissible chronic diseases on Universidad de Valpara¨ªso¡¯s Medicine and Sociology students, overall and stratified by sex. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A cross sectional study was carried out between July and October 2009. A number of 67 students of each career were chosen by stratified sampling. A questionnaire was applied considering sex, age and habits, also anthropometric measures, arterial pressure and capillary blood glucose, were determined. Analysis with STATA 10.0, using ¦Ö2 and Student¡¯s t-test, considering p<0.05 and 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: We found higher prevalence of harmful consumption of alcohol (40.3%), smoking habit (44.78%) and bad nutrition (64.18%) in Sociology (p=0.004, p<0.0001 y p=0.011, respectively); whereas in Medicine was found a higher prevalence of sedentary lifestyle (73.13%, p =0.045), with some differences by sex between both careers. DISCUSSION: Sociology and Medicine students have different prevalence of risk factors for non-transmissible chronic disease. We recommend promoting healthy lifestyles in both groups.
%K Risk Factors
%K Chronic Diseases
%K Young Adult.
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