2013, Number 3
Characterization of vascular risk factors in adult patients
Díaz ÁO, Díaz CO, Díaz ÁNO, Valdés ML, Yera AI, Carpio GV, Rodríguez VY, Hernández HEM
Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 269-273
PDF size: 271.58 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The high prevalence of vascular risk factors in the population and its relationship to the development of ischemic heart disease represent a public health problem.Objective: To characterize these risk factors in adults.
Method: An observational, descriptive, transversal study was conducted in patients who were treated at the outpatient vascular risk consultation in the municipality of Ranchuelo, Villa Clara, from April 2010 to April 2011. The information was processed using SPSS software, version 15.0. Measures of central tendency and dispersion were estimated for quantitative variables; and qualitative variables were summarized using frequencies and percentages.
Results: The main risk factors were: hypertension (85.7%), obesity (81.1%), diabetes mellitus (61.9%) and smoking (52.4%). At the time of diagnosis, 42.9% of patients had four associated risk factors. Smoking was the one that showed significant association with ischemic heart disease (p = 0.04).
Conclusions: The main risk factors identified were: hypertension, obesity, diabetes mellitus and smoking. There was a prevailing trend of association between them. The presence of several risk factors in the same patient was common. It was found a significant association between smoking and the presence of ischemic heart disease.
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