Determinación de los factores de riesgo cardiovascular y comportamientos para la práctica de actividad física y el consumo de frutas y verduras en trabajadores de una empresa privada Ecuatoriana en el 2006

Introductio: Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF) prevalence is unknown in Ecuadorian workers. Objetives:1.To estimate the prevalence of CVRF: overweight, obesity, physical inactivity, high blood pressure (HBP), central obesity, dyslipidemia history, tobacco use, alcohol and low Fruit (F) and Vegetable (V) intake. 2.To establish the relationship between obesity, overweight with central obesity with age, sex, marital status and education. 3.To determine the relationship between obesity with other CVRF. 4.To establish the association between central obesity with age, sex, marital status, and level of education. 6.To find out the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) with Physical Activity (PA) levels and PA autoefficacy. 7.To explore PA and F/V intake behaviors. 8.To determine the relationship between PAs Stages of Change (SOC) with PA levels and PA autoefficacy. 9.To determine the relationship between BMI with PA SOC and SOC F/V (action and maintenance). 10.To determine the relationship between SOC action and maintenance PA and F/V consumption with sex, age, marital status and education in workers from Ecuadorian private enterprise in 2006. Materials/ methods: transversal study. Through a medical story the following information is collected 1.Sociodemographic factors, hypertension and dyslipidemia stories, tobacco and alcohol use; 2.Anthropometry: waist circunference, waist/hip ratio and BMI; 3.PA levels are measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire; 4.The F/V intake and PA SOC behaviors are measured in accordance with the Trans Theoretical Model; 5.Autoefficacy and PA barriers are measured by questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, chi- cuadrado test and factorial analysis of multiple correspondences are used.Results:The prevalence of CVRF are: 87.9% low F and V intake, 65.3% physical inactivity, 50% excess of weight (40.8% overweight, 9.4% obesity), 36.4% alcohol, 25.6% central obesity, 14.8% tobacco use, 14% high blood pressure and 6.9% dyslipidemia history. Overweight is higher in men (p