The burden of non-communicable disease risk factors in a low-income population: Findings from a cross-sectional study highlighting the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and metabolic disorders in the south of Quito, Ecuador

Sergio Morales-Garzón; Juan Vasconez; Jessica Pinto Delgado; Francisco Barrera-Guarderas; Elisa Chilet-Rosell; Marta Puig-García; Andrés Peralta; María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero; Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo; Lucy Anne Parker

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332159

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The burden of non-communicable disease risk factors in a low-income population: Findings from a cross-sectional study highlighting the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and metabolic disorders in the south of Quito, Ecuador

Sergio Morales-Garzón ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: s.morales@umh.es

Affiliation Department of Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-1090

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Juan Vasconez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Jessica Pinto Delgado ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-1369

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Francisco Barrera-Guarderas ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Elisa Chilet-Rosell ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Marta Puig-García ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-9524

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Andrés Peralta ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7525-1600

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Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Quito, Ecuador
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Lucy Anne Parker

Contributed equally to this work with: Sergio Morales-Garzón, Juan Vasconez, Jessica Pinto Delgado, Francisco Barrera-Guarderas, Elisa Chilet-Rosell, Marta Puig-García, Andrés Peralta, María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero, Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo, Lucy Anne Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, History of Science and Gynaecology Department, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain, CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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The burden of non-communicable disease risk factors in a low-income population: Findings from a cross-sectional study highlighting the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, and metabolic disorders in the south of Quito, Ecuador

Sergio Morales-Garzón,
Juan Vasconez,
Jessica Pinto Delgado,
Francisco Barrera-Guarderas,
Elisa Chilet-Rosell,
Marta Puig-García,
Andrés Peralta,
María Fernanda Rivadeneira Guerrero,
Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo,
Lucy Anne Parker

Published: September 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332159

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