Study on the association between cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose in asymptomatic patients who attend a medical consultation at a private health center in Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru. 2021

• Autores: Guevara-Tirado, Alberto, Sanchez-Gavidia, Joseph J.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.unheval.edu.pe:article/1425
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.unheval.edu.pe/index.php/repis/article/view/1425
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: blood glucose; cholesterol; triglycerides; correlation of data; glucemia; colesterol; triglicéridos; correlación de datos

Objective. To determine if there is a correlation between basal glucose levels and cholesterol and triglyceride levels in asymptomatic patients or with non-specific complaints who attend a consultation for routine evaluations. Materials and methods. Correlational analytical cross-sectional study. The variables were cholesterol, triglyceride and glucose levels. Information was collected from 637 patients over 18 years of age in a polyclinic in the district of Villa el Salvador from January to July of the year 2021, in the statistical analysis the SPSS 21 program was used, for the correlation study the Spearman coefficient was used with a significance level of 0.01. Results. Only 50.60% and 50.90% of patients had normal cholesterol and triglyceride levels, respectively. 15.90% of patients have pre-diabetes and 15.10% have diabetes mellitus. Likewise, a low and positive association was found between glucose and cholesterol (0.145) and between glucose and triglycerides (0.255), as well as a moderate and positive correlation between cholesterol and triglycerides (0.405). Conclusion. There is a low degree of association between the variables studied, so it is not possible to determine the values ​​of cholesterol and triglycerides in base to glucose and vice versa, this can be attributed to glucose and cholesterol levels being regulated by distant physiological and genetic factors.