Avaliação do risco cardiovascular em usuários da Estratégia Saúde da Família de Itaqui/RS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of risk for development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals aged over 20 years, users of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Itaqui / RS, according to demographic, socioeconomic and of health. The risk for CVD has been reported from the measurement of waist circumference (WC) of the subjects, using the cutoff points proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO): "high risk for CVD" when WC> 80 cm for women and WC> 94 cm for men; "Very high risk for CVD" when WC> 88 cm for women and WC> 102 cm for men. Partciparam study 512 subjects, found that 78.7% of respondents had the WC measure above the limits considered appropriate by the WHO and more than half the sample (59.8%) had a very high risk for developing CVD. The prevalence of CVD risk was higher in women (82.8%; p <0.001). Over 70% of young adults (20-39 years) were classified with risk for CVD, however this prevalence was lower than that observed in older age categories (40-59 years: 83.4% and> 60: 80 , 5%; p = 0.013). Moreover, it was observed that the frequency of risk for CVD was higher in people who live with a partner, as well as among individuals who reported the presence of hypertension. The other variables were not significantly associated with the outcome. It concludes that the population evaluated presented prevalence of risk for CVD higher to that observed in other studies, and strategies necessary for the control and prevention of CVD in the city.