Prevalencia de factores de riesgo cardiovascular clásicos en población adulta de Talca, Chile, 2005 / Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adult from Talca, Chile
Rev. méd. Chile
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135(7): 904-912, jul. 2007. ilus, tab
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has several traditional risk factors (RF), and some of them are potentially modifiable.Aim:
To determine the prevalence of most common risk factors in adult population in Talca in Central Chile. Subjects andmethods:
We studied 1007 subjects aged 18 to 74 years (66 percent women), living in Talca, selected by a probability sampling. They answered a questionnaire and anthropometry, blood pressure, lipid profile and blood glucose were measured.Results:
Thirty seven percent of subjects smoked, 70.1 percent had a body mass index over 25 kg/m² and 41 percent had an abnormally high circumference. High blood pressure was found in 37 percent (36 percent of these subjects were unaware of this condition), 44.5 percent had hypercholesterolemia, 21.5 percent had low HDL cholesterol, 40.1 percent had hypertriglyceridemia and 26.3 percent had high blood glucose levels.Conclusions:
There is a high prevalence of risk factors for CVD in adult population from Talca. The prevalence of risk factors is higher than that reported by the 2003 National Health Survery.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Doenças Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Adolescente
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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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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad de Talca/CL
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