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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2312-38932021000100046</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2021.08.01.46</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Frecuencia de deficiencia de vitamina D en obesos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Frequency of vitamin D deficiency in obese people]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Careaga Ojeda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Lorena]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Invernizzi-Prats]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Manuel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alcides Gustavo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fretes Burgos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alana María Esther]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Previsión Social Hospital Central Servicio de Clínica Médica]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Asunción ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>46</fpage>
<lpage>51</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932021000100046&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932021000100046&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932021000100046&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  globalmente, la obesidad está en aumento y representa un desafío para la salud pública. Algunos estudios muestran que existe una asociación entre niveles bajos de vitamina D y un aumento del índice de masa corporal, pero dentro de la comunidad científica existen discrepancias acerca de este tema.  Objetivo:  determinar la frecuencia del déficit de vitamina D y su relación con la obesidad.  Metodología: estudio descriptivo, transversal con componente analítico en pacientes obesos de edad adulta que acuden al Servicio de Endocrinología del Hospital Central del Instituto de Previsión Social (Asunción, Paraguay) durante el año 2017  Resultados:  se incluyeron 67 pacientes, con edad media 41±8 años, 58 (86,6%) del sexo femenino, 40 (59,7%) presentaban obesidad mórbida, 13 (19,4%) eran hipertensos y 14 (20,9%) diabéticos. Al dosar la vitamina D, 18 (26,9%) tenían insuficiencia y 38 (56,7%) deficiencia. Las asociaciones entre el déficit de la vitamina D con el índice de masa corporal, la hipertensión y la diabetes mellitus, ninguno alcanzó niveles de significancia.  Conclusión: se incluyó muestra mayoritariamente femenina, con baja frecuencia de comorbilidades. La insuficiencia vitamínica D fue 26,9%. No hubo una asociación significativa entre el déficit de vitamina D y el índice de masa corporal, la hipertensión arterial y la diabetes mellitus.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Globally, obesity is increasing and represents a challenge for public health. Some studies show that there is an association between low levels of vitamin D and an increase in body mass index, but within the scientific community there are discrepancies on this issue.  Objective:  To determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency and its relationship with obesity.  Methodology:  Descriptive, cross-sectional study with an analytical component in obese adult patients who attend the Endocrinology Service of the Central Hospital of the Social Security Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social in Spanish) (Asunción, Paraguay) during 2017  Results:  Sixty-seven patients were included, with a mean age of 41±8 years, 58 (86.6%) female, 40 (59.7%) had morbid obesity, 13 (19.4%) were hypertensive and 14 (20.9%) diabetics. When dosing vitamin D, 18 (26.9%) had insufficiency and 38 (56.7%) deficiency. The associations between vitamin D deficiency and body mass index, hypertension and diabetes mellitus did not reach significance levels.  Conclusion:  The sample was mainly female, with a low frequency of comorbidities. Vitamin D insufficiency was 26.9%. There was no significant association between vitamin D deficiency and body mass index, high blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vitamin D]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vitamin D deficiency]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[obesity]]></kwd>
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