ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Cardiovascular diseases, especially ischemic heart disease present a high morbidity and mortality rate in our country. The aim of this study is to estimate the average coronary risk of people living in the west Valladolid Health District. METHODS: Cross-sectional study in a random sample of 369 people between 35 and 64 years of age from the general population, of systolic blood pressure, total serum cholesterol and cigarette smoking. With these three factors, plus sex and age, individual coronary risk was calculated through the Dundee Coronary Risk-Disk method. RESULTS: The coronary risk in the studied district, which is to say the individual probability of suffering a coronary event within five years of life, was estimated in 5.22 (95% CL: 4.75-5.69), higher among men, 5.66 (95% CL: 4.95-6.36), than among women, 4.63 (95% CL: 4.15-5.11). A descendent trend in coronary risk as age increases was found. CONCLUSIONS: This method is relatively easy to obtain for community studies and simple to use for individual risk. The coronary risk of a person from the studied population has similar levels to figures found in other studies from our settings. The community levels of isolated coronary risk factors do not permit the establishment the best option in coronary risk control, and only a multicausal approach will allow us to evaluate the most efficient interventions for each age group and sex.
