IMC Criteria
 

Risk of dying by miocardiac attack and its relation to IMC

 

The reality of the mining population in terms of obesity makes them a high risk population as the hipoxia in altitude produces more demand on the heart that the one at the sea level. Thus, it may provoke a cardiac arrest on a limit situation. The following chart shows the relation between the body mass factor and the risk of a heart attack.
 

The body mass factor is an easy to calculate parameter and you need to divide the weigh (kilos) of a person by his/her height (m2).

Weigh (Kg) = __________
Height (mt) 2

The international classification is as follows:

< 20 = thin
20 - 24.9 = normal
25 - 29.9 = Obesity 1st degree
30 - 39.9 = Obesity 2nd degree
> 40 = morbid obesity or 3rd degree
 

Mellitus diabetes 2nd type and IMC
 
 

Diabetes is another disease that may increase in the mining population, not as part of the altitude factor but because of the life style of the mining sites. The following chart shows the relation between the body mass factor and the risk to present diabetes.

 

Total cholesterol and cardiovascular mortalit 361,662 men of 33 to 57 years

 
 

Dislipidemy is another factor that increases the risk of a heart attack in altitude and research done by ACHS has found high cholesterol values in a 40% of the population. The following chart shows the relation between the total level of cholesterol and a heart attack risk on a population at sea level.

 

Hearth attack and risk factors (PROCAM case)
 
 

We can see again that the mining population adds the cardivascular risks in a similar way to the rest of the normal population of the country, but at a higher speed.