ABSTRACT
Introduction: There is sufficient evidence of the risks as-sociated with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseasewith obesity. Occupational health continues to be a challengeto integrate the detection of metabolic risks and timely inter-ventions that prevent disability and deterioration of the qual-ity of life. Objective: To detect nutritional and metabolic risks in lab-oratory workers. Materials and methods: A descriptive and cross-sec-tional study was carried out in 26 workers (21 women and 5men) from a State Laboratory of Public Health of the State ofGuanajuato; Anthropometric indicators (weight, height, cir-cumference, percentage of body fat), biochemical indicators(glucose, cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, creatinine andurea) were measured. Metabolic syndrome was analisys inthe participants. Results: The average age of the participants was 36.5 ±12 years; 50% of the women presented obesity and 76% apercentage of body fat higher than recommended. Mean glu-cose was 79±9 g/dL, cholesterol 176 ± 31 mg / dL, HDL12.9±49 mg/dL, LDL 23.9±97 mg/dL, triglycerides 152 ± 80mg / dL, Creatinine 0, 6±0.1 mg/dL and urea 25 ± 6.6 mg/dL. Metabolic syndrome were detected in five women. Conclusion: A cardiometabolic risk of 23.8% was found,mainly due to the presence of obesity, distribution, and per-centage of body fat in the workers, which with the averageage the early risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertensionand dyslipidemia.(AU)
