“…In the population of workers studied, a prevalence of metabolic syndrome of 11.1% was reported, comparable with occurrences published in similar studies (Alegría, 2005;Kim, 2009), but lower than those reported in workers from different productive sectors (Benet Rodríguez, 2007;Coniglio et al, 2009;Sirit, Acero, Bellorin, & Portillo, 2008), including workers at university institutions (Dosman, Triviño, Uribe, Agredo, & Jerez, 2009;Espinosa, 2014;Lizarazu Díazgranados, Rossi Trespalacios, Iglesias Acosta, & Mendoza Torres, 2010;Martínez, Leiva, & Celis-Morales, 2016;Sandoval, 2016).…”