Fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares em médicos: dados preliminares do projeto VIDAM da Associaçäo Paulista de Medicina / Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Physicians. Preliminary Data from VIDAM Project of "Associação Paulista de Medicina"
Arq. bras. cardiol
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62(6): 383-8, jun. 1994. tab
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE--To evaluate the frequency and other characteristics of some cardiovascular risk factors among physicians of Säo Paulo State, Brazil. METHODS--From a questionnaire, 1395 voluntary physicians answered questions about personal and familial cardiovascular disease and risk factors, and blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, glucose, height and weight were recorded. RESULTS--The frequency of familial history of ischemic heart disease was 24.4 per cent; positive personal antecedent of hypercholesterolemia, 12.4 per cent; serum total cholesterol > or = 240 mg/dl, 14.3 per cent; positive personal antecedent of hypertension, 8.4 per cent; systolic blood pressure > or = 140 mmHg or diastolic > or = 90 mmHg, 23.8 per cent; current cigarette smokers, 17.4 per cent; prior cigarette smokers, 19.1 per cent; positive personal antecedent of diabetes, 0.8 per cent; serum glucose > 120 mg per cent, 7.7 per cent; sedentarism, 37 per cent, and obesity, 17.2 per cent. CONCLUSION--Cigarette smoking was the only risk factor that was taken in account with emphasis by the physicians of Säo Paulo State in order to prevent themselves from cardiovascular disease
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Assunto principal:
Médicos
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Português
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
1994
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