Association between lifestyles, anthropometric measurements and peripheral arterial disease in public sector health workers.

Abstract

<i>Introduction</i>: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) occurs when there is a narrowing of the blood vessels outside the heart; this disease is concentrated in low and middle income countries such as Peru. <i>Objectives</i>: To determine the association between lifestyles, anthropometric measurements and PAD in health workers at the Hospital de Huaycan, 2020. <i>Methods</i>: Cross-sectional analytical study that recruited health workers of both sexes, who had no history of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus nor were pregnant. Lifestyle was measured through a questionnaire and PAD through the ankle-brachial index <0.90 in any leg. <i>Results</i>: In total 184 health workers, 53 men and 131 women with an average age of 46.0 ± 10.0 years were analyzed. The prevalence of PAD was 31% in the total sample. Both the bivariate and multivariate analyses showed that an inadequate lifestyle (PRa = 1.62; 95% CI: 1.08-2.44), high waist-hip ratio (PRa = 1.90; 95% CI: 1.19-3.03) and increased body fat (PRa = 1.03; 95% CI: 1.00-1.07) present an independent and statistically significant association with PAD. <i>Conclusion</i>: There is an association between lifestyles, waist-hip ratio, and body fat percentage with PAD in health workers.