Gomes, Igor ConteratoSantos, Vanessa RibeiroChristofaro, Diego Giulliano DestroSantos, Lionai LimaFreitas Júnior, Ismael Forte2014-05-272014-05-272013-06-01Journal of Applied Gerontology, v. 32, n. 4, p. 408-421, 2013.0733-46481552-4523http://hdl.handle.net/11449/75558To 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) 2011.408-421engBrazilelderlyepidemiologyobesity disabilitiesrisk factorscholesterolglucosehigh density lipoprotein cholesterollow density lipoprotein cholesteroltriacylglycerolagedbody fatbody masscardiovascular riskchi square testcholesterol blood levelfemalehumanhypertensionmajor clinical studymaleprevalencesex differenceStudent t testwaist circumferenceArtigo10.1177/0733464811427443Acesso restrito2-s2.0-848781005434284333955006772