PMID: 19918665Nov 18, 2009Paper

Cardiovascular risk factors in a population attending a community event on health education

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Rodrigo Soler ColtroBeatriz Bojikian Matsubara

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of death in Brazil. To evaluate the frequency of CVD risk factors in a population attending a health education community event. METHODS. Retrospective study that included 428 completed forms with clinical and demographic information of volunteers attending a public event, in May, 2006. Data were expressed by means and standard deviation or proportions and compared by Student s t test or Chi-square test. Associations between Arterial Hypertension (AH), Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and clinical variables were analyzed by multinomial logistic regression. Significance level was p <0.05. Mean age was 57+/-14 years, and women represented 58% of the total population. The main cardiovascular risk factors were AH (39.5%), DM (15.4%) and dyslipidemia (25.8%). The frequency of unawareness about these risk factors was respectively 8.4%, 17.5% and 33.1%.. Family history of CVD was reported by 41% while only 67% reported having any information about DM or dyslipidemia. Among obese individuals (IMC>30 Kg/m2, 27.3% of the population), systolic blood pressure (133+/-16 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure (84+/-11.5 mm Hg) and casual glycemia (124+/-52.5mg/dl) were higher when compared to non-obese (p<0.05...Continue Reading

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Jul 17, 2013·Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders·Natalia Cavalheri de Souza, Erick Prado de Oliveira

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