Objectives. Classifying blood lead levels and identifying the factors associated with elevated blood lead levels in children living in a district of Callao. Materials and methods. Transversal descriptive study. The study population was composed of children of both sexes from 1 to 13 years old; the data collection was conducted between March and April 2017. Results. The 310 children studied presented an average blood lead level of 8.59 μg/dL, while the median (P50) blood lead level was higher in males (p=0.008). Blood lead levels in 18.1% of the study population (n=56) were <5 μg/dL; in 54.5% (n=169) levels ranged between 5 and 10 μg/dL, whereas 27.4% (n=85) reported blood lead levels of ≥10 μg/dL furthermore, blood lead levels were significantly different between genders (p=0.007), while significantly more children under 10 years of age (p=0.008) and whose parents did not receive a...

Objetivo: Determinar las habilidades sociales en adolescentes que estudian en un centro preuniversitario de Lima Norte. Material y método: Estudio descriptivo transversal. La técnica de recolección de datos fue la encuesta y el instrumento de recolección de datos utilizado fue la Escala de Habilidades Sociales (EHS). Resultados: Participaron 480 adolescentes de ambos sexos con una edad media de 16,85 años (DE=0,81; Min: 14; Max: 18), el 52,1% (n=250) correspondieron al sexo femenino. El 73,8% (n=354) vivían con sus padres, 24,8% (n=119) con familiares y 1,5% (n=7) solos. Respecto a las habilidades sociales, en la evaluación global el 79,6% (n=382) obtuvo una valoración media, en cada una de sus dimensiones también se encontró predominio del nivel medio. Conclusión: Los estudiantes adolescentes preuniversitarios cuentan con habilidades de nivel medio, solo el 12% obtuvo un nive...

Introduction: Global mortality due to noncommunicable diseases is high and increasing. In Peru it represents 66% of the deaths. Objective: The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of obesity and overweight, and to evaluate cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study developed between July and November of 2016, the participants were faculty members of a private university located in the northern area of Lima. To determine the overweight and obesity was used the body mass index; cardiovascular and metabolic risks were assessed with the abdominal perimeter; and the risk of diabetes mellitus was determined using the FINDRISC questionnaire. Results: Of the 164 participating teachers, 51.8% (n = 85) were less than 45 years old, 73.2% (n = 120) were males, 3% (n = 5) had a history of hypertension and 5.5% (n = 9) diabetes mel...