Introduction. Excess weight is a growing phenomenon in the adolescent population, however, studies on the lipid profile in Peruvian adolescents are scarce. Objective. To identify the patterns of triglycerides/HDL cholesterol ratio and lipid profile in schoolchildren without metabolic syndrome in urban areas of an Andean region of Peru. Methods. Secondary analysis database from the study «Frequency of Metabolic Syndrome in residents of an Andean region of Peru». Of 586 students from the original study, 19 were excluded because they had a diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome. The levels of glucose, total cholesterol, high density cholesterol (HLD), low density cholesterol (LDL) and triglycerides were analyzed. Non-HDL cholesterol was calculated by the difference between total cholesterol and HDL. The triglyceride / HDL cholesterol index (Tg / HDL-C) is the ratio between the serum concentratio...

Introduction. The hypertriglyceridemic waist has been proposed as a phenotype with a strong association with the metabolic syndrome. The frequency of this phenotype in adolescents from Peru, including Andes population is unknown. Objective. To estimate the frequency of the hypertriglyceridemic waist and its association with metabolic abnormalities and other factors in Peruvian adolescents from an Andean region. Methods. We performed a data secondary analysis through cross-sectional design. We analyzed 397 randomly selected adolescents from two public schools in the Cajamarca city. We defined hypertriglyceridemic waist as the simultaneous presence of increased waist circumference (≥ 90th percentile for age and sex) and serum hypertriglyceridemia (≥110 mg/dL). We estimated the point prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic waist and their 95% confidence interval, we also performed a binary l...