The most frequent cardiovascular risk factors in Brazilian aged 80 years or older

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2013-06-01

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Gomes, Igor Conterato
Santos, Vanessa Ribeiro
Christofaro, Diego Giulliano Destro
Santos, Lionai Lima
Freitas Júnior, Ismael Forte

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To identify the most frequent cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) in Brazilian participants. Sample of 113 individuals aged 80 to 95 years (83.4 + 2.9 years), of both sexes, from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo state. Waist circumference (WC), body mass index, percentage of total body fat (% BF), hypertension, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides, and glucose were used for characterization of risk factors. The chi-square test was used to assess proportions of risk factors and Student's t test to compare the results between the sexes. High prevalence of risk factor was observed, mainly hypertension (67.3%) and % BF (79.6%). Male participants presented higher weight, height, and WC (p <.001), and female participants, higher TC and % BF (p <.001). Only 7.1% of male and 4.2% of female participants showed no risk factors, and 71.3% of male and 85.9% of female participants had three or more. The participants presented a high prevalence of CRFs, particularly percentage of body fat and hypertension, and, in addition, female participants also presented TC. © The Author(s) 2011.

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Brazil, elderly, epidemiology, obesity disabilities, risk factors, cholesterol, glucose, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, triacylglycerol, aged, body fat, body mass, cardiovascular risk, chi square test, cholesterol blood level, female, human, hypertension, major clinical study, male, prevalence, sex difference, Student t test, waist circumference

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Journal of Applied Gerontology, v. 32, n. 4, p. 408-421, 2013.