Global Cardiovascular Risk in three Elderly Homes from Boyeros Municipality

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risk factors, risk, risk measurement, cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular risk, global cardiovascular risk.

Abstract

Introduction: In Cuba, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death. Cardiovascular risk stratification by means of scores is a significant tool for making therapeutic decisions at the first level of healthcare.

Objectives: To determine global cardiovascular risk in people older than sixty years from the three elderly homes of Boyeros Municipality, Havana.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was carried out. The study universe was made up of 130 people belonging to three elderly homes from Boyeros Municipality, Havana. Of the participants, 103 were interviewed in the period from January 2016 to February 2017. Calculation of global cardiovascular risk was performed following the criteria of the World Health Organization’s prediction tables for global cardiovascular risk. Descriptive variables were expressed in percentages, while, for the comparison of two variables under study, the nonparametric chi-square statistical method was used with a significance level of 0.05.

Results: Of the people studied, 61.17% were female, 53.4% were between aged 60-69 years, 65.05% presented arterial hypertension, 47.57% presented moderate risk, and 55.34% had total cholesterol levels above 6 mmol/L.

Conclusions: Moderate global cardiovascular risk predominated. Elevated blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia were the modifiable risk factors most associated with increased overall cardiovascular risk.

 


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Author Biographies

Agustín Paramio Rodríguez, Instituto de Medicina del Deporte. La Habana, Cuba.

Medico. Especialista de I y II grado de Medicina General Integral

Master en Longevidad Satisfactoria

Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Habana

Lorena de Lourdes Aguilera García, Policlínico Universitario Presidente Salvador Allende. La Habana, Cuba.

Medico. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina General

Ediunys Carrazana Garcés, Instituto de Medicina del Deporte. La Habana, Cuba.

Medico. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina General Integral. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina Deportiva.

Myder Hernández Navas, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ). La Habana, Cuba.

Medico. Especialista de 1er Grado en Medicina General Integral. Especialista de 1er Grado en Cardiología

Published

2021-12-28

How to Cite

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Paramio Rodríguez A, Aguilera García L de L, Carrazana Garcés E, Hernández Navas M. Global Cardiovascular Risk in three Elderly Homes from Boyeros Municipality. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 28 [cited 2025 Mar. 10];37(4). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/1417

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES