OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY AND HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA PREVALENCE IN MEDICAL STAFF FROM A ROMANIAN ACADEMIC COUNTY HOSPITAL – A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY –
Abstract:
Overweight or obesity combined with hypercholesterolemia can cause significant cardiovascular effects. Study objective was to highlight the medical professions profile in terms of prevalence of these specific cardiovascular risk factors. Body mass index (BMI) and total blood cholesterol (TC) of 300 employees (doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, janitors and auxiliary staff) of an academic emergency hospital were analyzed. Mean age of participants was 43.9 years old, 79.3% of subjects were female, 21% were doctors, 51.3% nurses, 21.7% nursing assistants and janitors; 6% auxiliary staff. 59.3% of study subjects had BMI ≥ 25, 50.6% had TC ≥ 200mg/dl, 71.4% of physicians and 49.3% of nurses were overweight or obese, 57.4% of doctors and 43.5% of nurses had hypercholesterolemia. Overweight and hypercholesterolemia were significantly associated with increased neuropsychological overload wards. The profile of the Romanian healthcare worker is: middle-aged female, overweight or obese, with a total blood cholesterol level of over200 mg/dl.
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