Factores de riesgo cardiovascular según género en el Programa "Muévete Corazón" de Barranquilla, 2011 / Cardiovascular risk factors according to the gender in the “MuéveteCorazón” program, in Barranquilla city

Yaneth Erazo Beltrán; Mirary Mantilla Morrón; Miguel alberto Urina Triana

doi:10.30554/archmed.14.1.236.2014

Cardiovascular risk factors according to the gender in the “MuéveteCorazón” program; in Barranquilla city

Factores de riesgo cardiovascular según género en el Programa "Muévete Corazón" de Barranquilla, 2011 / Cardiovascular risk factors according to the gender in the “MuéveteCorazón” program, in Barranquilla city

Published 2014-06-30

https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.14.1.236.2014

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Erazo Beltrán, Y., Mantilla Morrón, M., & Urina Triana, M. alberto. (2014). Cardiovascular risk factors according to the gender in the “MuéveteCorazón” program; in Barranquilla city. Archivos De Medicina , 14(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.14.1.236.2014

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Erazo Beltrán, Y., Mantilla Morrón, M., & Urina Triana, M. alberto. (2014). Cardiovascular risk factors according to the gender in the “MuéveteCorazón” program; in Barranquilla city. Archivos De Medicina , 14(1), 21-28. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.14.1.236.2014

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Yaneth Erazo Beltrán

Universidad simón bolívar

Mirary Mantilla Morrón

Miguel alberto Urina Triana

Universidad simón bolívar.

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Yaneth Erazo Beltrán,

Fisioterapeuta. Magister en Salud Pública

Mirary Mantilla Morrón

Fisioterapeuta. Especialista en Rehabilitación Cardiovascular y pulmonar

Miguel alberto Urina Triana,

Médico internista cardiólogo. magister universitario en ensayos clínicos. Centro de investigaciones cardiodiagnóstico sa/fundación del caribe para la investigación biomédica. Universidad simón bolívar

cluster analysis

risk factors

cardiovascular diseases

sex

To determinate what are the risk factors related to the gender. Materialsand methods: It was made a cross sectional study with 566 people affiliated to a health provider institution in Barranquilla city and registered in the “Muévete Corazón”
program, in the period from March to December of 2011. It was inquired about the age, sex and the cardiovascular risk factors, sedentarism, snuff use, hypertension, body mass index (BMI), abdominal perimeter, and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2. It factors in comparison to no having risk factors according to the sex. Results: From the 566 people, the 73, 1% were women, with a mean age of 63,4 ±13,6 years. The 62, 7% had between 2 and 3 risk factors. It was found that women have a higher probability of suffering from 1 to 3 and more than 4 cardiovascular risk factors. [OR 6.81 (95% CI 2, 2-22, 1)] and [OR 17.0 (95% CI 5, 61 – 0, 9)], respectively. Conclusions:
It was found that was higher the presence of 3 or more risk factors in the female sex, encouraging to make use of effective interventions for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

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