Abstract

ESCAFFI FONSECA, María José et al. Effect of early protein-calorie malnutrition on nutritional status and attributes of the metabolic syndrome in young adults. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.3, pp.1116-1121. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.32.3.9395.

Background: during recent years consistent studies have characterized the relationship between moderate and severe protein-calorie malnutrition and the appearance of non-communicable diseases in adulthood like metabolic syndrome (MS). Aim: to analyze the relationship between moderate and severe protein-calorie malnutrition during the first 1 000 days of life and the MS in a cohort of adults from Curicó, Chile. Material and methods: we studied 49 young adults who had suffered moderate to severe protein-calorie malnutrition during their first two years of life. Anthropometry, blood pressure measurement and laboratory tests were performed, and the burden of MS attributes was determined. Results: the prevalence of MS was 14.3% with no significant differences by gender, showing a direct and significant association between burden of MS and body mass index, waist / height index, blood pressure, plasma levels of glucose and triglyceride, and an inverse association with HDL. Conclusion: systolic blood pressure and plasma level of triglyceride represented the most important risk factors for SM in this cohort. We found no association between the presence of protein-calorie malnutrition and MS.

Keywords : Metabolic syndrome; Adults; Children; Chile; Protein-calorie malnutrition.

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