Influencia de la actividad física y los hábitos nutricionales sobre el riesgo de síndrome metabólico/Influence of physical activity and nutritional habits on the risk of metabolic syndrome

The combination of several risk factors caused by obesity, sedentary lifestyle or different genetic factors, leads to suffer "metabolic syndrome", which increases the chance of developing cardiovascular disease. Describe the risk of cardiovascular disease in members of Guardia Civil from a military complex in Madrid. Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out by a 30 questions-survey, analytics and anthropometric measurements to the Guardia Civil staff who came to the medical service of their quartering between September 1 and October 31,2014. Sample of 76 subjects aged 20-62. 7'89% of individuals have three or more parameters related with metabolic syndrome diagnosis. Sedentary lifestyle and poor nutritional habits act negatively in lipid profile, blood pressure and BMI, increasing the risk of metabolic syndrome and, therefore, cardiovascular diseases