Angel Arturo López-González

Escuela Universitaria ADEMA · Odontología

Introduction and objective: Excess body fat is an important risk factor for multiple pathologies, especially cardiometabolic ones, and its genesis is multifactorial. There are many ways of determining excess body fat, either directly or indirectly by means of estimation scales, among which one very easy to calculate is the Cordoba fat estimator equ...

Introduction The acquisition of skills and manual dexterity in aesthetic dentistry in undergraduate teaching requires preclinical practices with simulation that should approximate real clinical situations. Objective We will present a digital procedure for the creation of three‐dimensional (3D) resin models adapted to the practices of the Aesthetic...

Background: Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases include a large group of pathologies and constitute one of the most serious chronic health problems facing the 21st century, with high rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Unhealthy diets influence the development of these pathologies. The Mediterranean diet can be an important part in the tr...

Resumen Introducción: La morbilidad cardiovascular representa la causa principal de mortalidad a nivel global, lo que ha generado un creciente interés en los factores de riesgo (FRCV) y los elementos protectores de la salud cardiovascular, entre los cuales se destacan el sedentarismo y la actividad física respectivamente. Metodología: En este estud...

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Síndrome metabólico y síndrome metabólico pre mórbido en población laboral con los criterios NCEP-ATPIII ,JIS e IDF. Prevalencia e influencia de diferentes variables y su relación con otras escalas y parámetros de riesgo cardiovascular Tesis presentada para aspirar al grado de Doctor por Andrés Jesús Martínez Jover Licenciado en Medicina y cirugía...

Objetivo: estimar la capacidad predictiva de los índices de adiposidad visceral (VAI) y disfuncional (DAI) en riesgo cardiovascular (RCV) de población laboral española. Métodos: análisis descriptivo en 418.343 trabajadores españoles de diferentes sectores durante la vigilancia de la salud en sus empresas. Se calculó el VAI y el DAI ajustándose a s...

Citation: Mestre Font, M.; Busquets-Cortés, C.; Ramírez-Manent, J.I.; Tomás-Gil, P.; Paublini, H.; López-González, Á.A. Influence of Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits on the Values of Insulin Resistance Indicators in 386,924 Spanish Workers. Nutrients 2023, 15, 5122. https://doi. Abstract: Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is an alter...

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is an alteration of the action of insulin in cells, which do not respond adequately to this action, leading to an increase in blood glucose levels. IR produces a very diverse clinical picture and increases the cardiometabolic risk of the population that suffers from it. Among the factors that influence IR are ge...

Resumen Introducción: La obesidad ha alcanzado proporciones pandémicas y conlleva un aumento del riesgo cardiometabólico. La resistencia a la insulina y la enfermedad cardiovascular representan dos peligros para la salud pública. Método: Estudio transversal en 193.462 trabajadores. Se valora síndrome metabólico con: NCEP/ATP-III, IDF y JIS. Se valo...

Resumen Introducción y objetivo: Estimar en población laboral española la relación de los índices de adiposidad visceral (DAI) y adiposidad disfuncional (VAI) con riesgo de desarrollar hígado graso no alcohólico (NAFLD: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease). Métodos: análisis descriptivo en 418.343 trabajadores durante la vigilancia de la salud en sus...

Objetivo: estimar la capacidad predictiva de los índices de adiposidad visceral (VAI) y disfuncional (DAI) en riesgo cardiovascular (RCV) de población laboral española. Métodos: análisis descriptivo en 418.343 trabajadores españoles de diferentes sectores durante la vigilancia de la salud en sus empresas. Se calculó el VAI y el DAI ajustándose a su...

Objective: Obesity is a growing pandemic and body mass index (BMI) is insufficient to assess the risk of complications. Other estimates of adiposity are used. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study in 193,462 workers. BMI, CUN-BAE (Clínica Universitaria de Navarra Body adiposity Estimator), Cordoba Equation (ECORE-BF), Relative Fat Mass (RFM)...

Introducción: El envejecimiento de la población laboral plantea actuaciones preventivas desde los centros de trabajo para minimizar su repercusión en salud. Es objetivo de este estudio conocer el impacto de un programa de intervención en prevención del envejecimiento psicofísico y cognitivo de una población laboral y su relación con el tipo de trab...

Citation: Ramírez-Manent, J.I.; López-González, Á.A.; Tomás-Gil, P.; Riutord-Sbert, P.; Garrido-Sepulveda, L.; Vicente-Herrero, M.T. Relationship between Abdominal Volume Index and Body Adiposity Abstract: Introduction, objectives: Obesity is a global health problem with a great negative impact on health. Among the pathologies caused by obesity are...

Resumen Introducción: La obesidad es un problema global de prevalencia creciente. La patogenia de las enfermedades cardiovasculares comienza mucho antes de la presentación del evento cardiovascular. Es objetivo de este trabajo valorar la adiposidad relacionada con obesidad con los índices de volumen abdominal (AVI) y de adiposidad corporal(BAI), la...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent metabolic diseases worldwide and is responsible for a large number of complications. There are many factors that increase the risk of presenting this pathology. Objectives: The aim was to assess the influence of sociodemographic variables and healthy habits on the values of different risk s...

Resumen Objetivo: Estimar en población laboral española la fortaleza asociativa de los índices de adiposidad visceral (DAI) y adiposidad disfuncional (VAI) con Resistencia a la Insulina (RI) y Riesgo de prediabetes. Métodos: análisis descriptivo en trabajadores durante la vigilancia de la salud en sus empresas. Se calculó el VAI y El DAI ajustándos...

Resumen Introducción: El envejecimiento de la población laboral plantea actuaciones preventivas desde los centros de trabajo para minimizar su repercusión en salud. Es objetivo de este estudio conocer el impacto de un programa de intervención en prevención del envejecimiento psicofísico y cognitivo de una población laboral y su relación con el tipo...

Introduction: Obesity is a highly prevalent chronic and multifactorial disease that is generally associated with an increased cardiometabolic risk. Objective: In this study we are interested in assessing the effect of different sociodemographic variables and healthy habits on the values of different scales that assess overweight and obesity. Method...

Introduction and objectives: Cardiometabolic pathologies are highly prevalent and will cause high morbimortality throughout the world. These pathologies are multifactorial and have been related in some cases to sociodemographic factors. The aim of this study is to assess the cardiometabolic risk in a group of workers such as waiters who have been l...

Introduction: Cardiometabolic diseases are highly prevalent and have a multifactorial etiology, with socioeconomic factors playing a role in their appearance. The aim of this study was to assess the level of cardiometabolic risk in a large group of hotel reception workers, a group included among non-manual workers. Methods: Descriptive and cross-se...

Introduction: Insulin resistance is a key factor in the development of type 2 diabetes, which is one of the most prevalent cardiometabolic disorders. Heart age is a new tool for assessing cardiovascular risk. The aim of this study is to assess the association between heart age and different insulin resistance risk scales. Material and methods: Desc...

Introduction: Both obesity and cardiovascular disease are highly prevalent worldwide and are responsible for high morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between different scales that assess obesity and a scale that assesses cardiovascular risk such as heart age. Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study ca...

Introduction and objectives: Both obesity and smoking can be considered pandemics due to their high prevalence worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of tobacco consumption and other sociodemographic variables such as sex, age, and social class on the prevalence of obesity assessed with different scales. Material and methods: Des...

Introduction: Cardiometabolic diseases have a high prevalence in the world and a large number of factors are involved in their genesis, some of them sociodemographic. The aim of this study was to determine the level of cardiometabolic risk in kitchen workers belonging to the low socioeconomic level. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 25...

Resumen Introducción: El trastorno del espectro autista (TEA) es una afección del neurodesarrollo que afecta la interacción social, la comunicación y el comportamiento repetitivo, con diferentes grados y frecuencias en cada persona. Es considerado parte de la neurodiversidad, aunque es altamente heredable y puede ser influenciado por factores ambie...

Unlabelled: Introduction, objectives: Although cardiovascular events have been traditionally associated mainly with men, some data reflect an increase in women, which may even exceed their male counterparts, constituting the leading cause of death in working women in Spain. The objective of this present study was to analyze the level of cardiovasc...

Based on the most current preventive proposals and taking into account the mortality data in the Balearic Islands, the possible preventive actions against the diseases that cause more mortality and their situation in our Community are discussed. A partir de las propuestas preventivas más actuales y teniendo en cuenta los datos de mortalidad en Bale...

Objective: The shift experienced in recent decades in developed countries, with an aging population, also affects the working population. This is associated with an increase in diseases such as obesity and cardiovascular risk. The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between aging in men and women with respect to obesity and ca...

ORIGINAL Association between atherogenic dyslipidemia and lipid triad with cardiovascular risk scales in 418.343 Spanish workers Asociación entre dislipemia aterogénica y tríada lipídica con escalas de riesgo cardiovascular en 418.343 trabajadores españoles Abstract Introduction and objectives: Cardiovascular diseases in their genesis generally pre...

Introducción: Evaluar el síndrome metabólico utilizando tres métodos propuestos por instituciones internacionales de referencia, y los índices de adiposidad visceral (VAI) y adiposidad disfuncional (DAI), en la predicción y estimación de la prevalencia en población laboral. Métodos: Estudio transversal en trabajadores de distintas comunidades autó...

Introduction: Traditionally, risk scales have been used to assess the probability of presenting a cardiovascular event in a given period. In recent years, tools have been developed to assess cardiovascular risk by estimating the age of the vascular tree. Material and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 336450 Spanish workers in which vas...

Aims: To investigate the prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in prediabetes, visceral obesity, and preserved kidney function, and explore whether MAFLD is associated with hyperfiltration. Methods: We analyzed data from 6697 Spanish civil servants, aged 18-65 years, with fasting plasma glucose ≥100 and ≤125...

Background: Atherogenic dyslipidaemia (AD) and lipid triad (LT) are characterised by high triglyceride levels together with low HDL and normal or high LDL cholesterol and are favoured by a persistent state of insulin resistance (IR), which increases the release of free fatty acids from abdominal adipose tissue. This alteration in the lipid profile...

Resumen Introducción: La obesidad abdominal es el componente observado con mayor frecuencia en el síndrome metabólico y se relaciona con doble riesgo de desarrollar enfermedad coronaria y cerebrovascular. Es objetivo de este trabajo estimar el nivel de riesgo cardiometabólico asociado a la obesidad en profesionales sanitarios para poder actuar en s...

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for a significant morbimortality rate around the world. Due to the characteristics of their work, health care professionals, including veterinarians, are more prone to present this type of pathology. Objectives: To determine the level of cardiovascular risk using different scales in a group o...

Introduction: Obesity is a global pandemic with a growing impact on morbidity and mortality. We assessed the associative strength of the Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) and Dysfunctional Adiposity Index (DAI) in obesity and associated risk using different methods. Material and methods: Cross-sectional study in 418 343 workers from different auton...

Objective: Obesity is a worldwide disease in which visceral obesity is related to increased cardiometabolic risk. The aim of this study was to estimate the associative capacity of visceral adiposity index and dysfunctional adiposity index on cardiometabolic risk in the working population. Material and methods: Descriptive study of 418,343 workers d...

Background: Obesity has become a public health problem in our society and is associated with many diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, respiratory diseases, and cancer. Several studies relate weight loss in obese patients to improved anthropometric measurements and cardiometabolic risk. The objective...

ORIGINAL Correlation between overweight and obesity scales and blood pressure values in 418.343 Spanish workers Correlación entre las escalas de sobrepeso y obesidad y los valores de presión arterial en 418.343 trabajadores españoles. Abstract Objective: One of the objectives of a health system is to be able to identify people with high blood press...

Background It is known that people with prediabetes increase their risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), which constitutes a global public health concern, and it is associated with other diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Methods This study aimed to determine those factors with high influence in the development of T2D once prediabetes ha...

Introduction: Cardiometabolic diseases are highly prevalent and constitute the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is also very prevalent. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between different NAFLD risk scales and cardiovascular risk (CVR) scales. Material and methods: Descr...

Aim: To assess the relationship of sociodemographic variables and healthy habits with heart age values. To establish cutoff points for moderate and high cardiac age. Methods: Heart age was determined in 139.634 workers and its relationship with sociodemographic variables (age, sex, social class and educational level) and healthy habits (tobacco and...

Objective: Obesity is a worldwide disease in which visceral obesity is related to increased cardiometabolic risk. The aim of this study was to estimate the associative capacity of visceral adiposity index and dysfunctional adiposity index on cardiometabolic risk in the working population. Material and methods: Descriptive study of 418,343 workers d...

ID ID ID Resumen Introducción: En la actualidad existen cambios en el estilo de vida que han ido modificando la cultura nutricional, alejándonos de la dieta mediterránea (DMed) y adquiriendo un estilo de vida más sedentario, hecho que ha contribuido a un aumento significativo de los factores de riesgo cardiovascular (FRCV) como la obesidad y la dia...

Background: Type 2 diabetes is considered a worldwide public health problem due to its high prevalence and the important complications it causes. Objectives: To assess the influence of healthy habits, especially physical activity and diet, on the risk of type 2 diabetes. Material and methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study in 1457 Spani...

ORIGINAL Variables influencing the appearance of metabolic syndrome with three different definitions in 418.343 spanish workers Variables que influyen en la aparición del síndrome metabólico con tres definiciones diferentes en 418.343 trabajadores españoles Abstract Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clinical entity whose prevalence is incr...

ORIGINAL Association between different cardiometabolic risk scales and metabolic syndrome scales in 418.343 Spanish workers Asociación entre diferentes escalas de riesgo cardiometabólico y escalas de síndrome metabólico en 418.343 trabajadores españoles Abstract Introduction: Cardiometabolic diseases are currently a public health problem in all cou...

Introduction: In December 2019 the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection were detected, with the months it became pandemic and forced most countries to establish a state of lockdown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of unhealthy lifestyles during lockdown on different cardiometabolic parameters.

Resumen Introducción: La insuficiencia cardíaca es un tema de actualidad debido a su crecimiento entre la población, sobre todo de edad avanzada, gracias a los avances en la efectividad de su tratamiento. La insuficiencia cardíaca, según su etiología, puede ser sistólica o diastólica y según la rapidez de instauración de los síntomas, aguda o cróni...

Introducción El hígado graso no alcohólico es la enfermedad hepática más común en el mundo, habitualmente asintomática y relacionada, entre otros factores con la obesidad. Método Estudio descriptivo transversal en 815 trabajadores de entre 18-66 años, durante la vigilancia de la salud de las empresas participantes desde marzo de 2020- junio de 202...

Background Aging of the world population is one of the most significant demographic changes of our time. Populations older than 60 years are heterogeneous, and age is an independent cardiovascular risk factor aggravated by frailty, obesity, and diabetes, and influenced by several factors, including sex and socioeconomic status. The objective of thi...

Insulin resistance (IR) has been identified as a key factor in the appearance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as it is related through a complex molecular biochemical and im-munological mechanism. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between different scales that estimate the risk of IR and scales that determine the risk of NAFLD....

ORIGINAL Aplicación del metaverso como técnica de aprendizaje en el grado de odontología. Estudio preliminar Application of the metaverse as a learning technique in the degree of dentistry Resumen Introducción: El metaverso es un entorno interactivo en 3D generado por un ordenador, en el que los seres humanos son representados por avatares que pued...

Background: Despite the extensive scientific evidence accumulating on the epidemiological risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), evidence exploring sex- and age-related differences remains insufficient. The present cross-sectional study aims to investigate possible sex differences in the prevalence of FLI-defined NAFLD as well...

ID ID ID ID Resumen Introducción: las enfermedades cardiovasculares no sólo son la primera causa de muerte con un 30% de todas ellas en el mundo, sino que el importante aumento de su incidencia en estos últimos años las sitúa en una urgencia sanitaria. Estas patologías están muy relacionadas con patrones alimentarios poco saludables (consumo intens...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a very common clinical condition that includes a series of anthropometric, analytical and clinical alterations that result in an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes type 2. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in 1457 persons assessing the effect of physical activity determined with the IP...

Background: Diabesity is a growing problem internationally. Taking into account the importance of physical activity and diet in its prevention and treatment, the objective of this study was to delve into the impact of healthy habits on diabesity. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in 386,924 Spanish adult workers. Obes...

There is no definition for the metabolic syndrome; visceral obesity, elevated lipids and glucose, and hypertension coexist. The aim of the study is to determine which anthropometric indicators best determine it. Cross-sectional study in 418,343 Spanish workers. Metabolic syndrome was determined using the NCEP-ATPIII, IDF and JIS criteria. The anthr...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and the level of cardiovascular risk (CVR), determined with different scales (REGICOR, SCORE, ERICE, vascular age...) in people with low and normal weight. Methods: A total of 192,711 underweight and normal weight Spanish workers participated....

Obesity induces alterations in lipid biochemistry, evolving toward dyslipidaemia atherogenesis, a critical factor in the development of cardiovascular events. Two relevant forms of lipid abnormalities are atherogenic dyslipidaemia (AD) and lipid triad (LT), which involve alterations in triglyceride levels, HDL-c, and LDL-c. The aim of this study wa...

Introducción y Objetivo Analizar la utilidad de los índices predictivos FLI y FIB-4 en la detección de hígado graso asociado a disfunción metabólica (EHGM) como método no invasivo en salud laboral y su relación con parámetros de obesidad y riesgo metabólico. Material y Método Estudio descriptivo y transversal en 815 trabajadores entre 18-65 años de...