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Prevalencia de factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en estudiantes universitarios de Santa Fe (Argentina)
Get PDFIntroduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cause 25% world's deaths. In America, Argentina ranks fourth. Factors such as sedentary lifestyle, smoking habits, eating habits and genetic predisposition, would be responsible. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of CVD risk factors (RF) in Nutrition students. Material and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in 185 students, aged between 19 and 30 years. Weight, height, and waist circumference (WC) were measured. In addition, they were questioned about family history of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs), smoking, alcohol and physical activity (PA). Total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-c), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c), triglycerides (TG), glucose, Castelli index (CI) and TG/HDL-c ratio were quantified. Differences in continuous variables between groups were evaluated with t test of Student. The statistical significance level assumed was 5%. Minitab 16 program was used. Results: A 75.7% history of CNCDs was found. The body mass index showed 10.3% of overweight and 2.2% of obesity, and cardiovascular risk according to WC was 9.7%. The most altered parameter was LDL-c (46.9%). 21.1% presented hypercholesterolemia and 21.6%, HDL-c decreased. 13.5% presented CI >4.5, whereas when the suggested cut-off point was considered for the Argentine population (CIA>3.25), 39.5% surpassed it. 11.4% had high TG/HDL-c. 8.1% smoked, 56.2% took alcoholic beverages and half did not engage in PA. The RF of CVD that presented statistically significant differences according to sex were overweight, HDL-c and CI, resulting in all the cases most unfavorable in men.Conclusions: Family history of CNCDs, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, hypercholesterolemia with decreased HDL-c, marked elevation of LDL-c and elevated CI was remarkable. As the most of these cardiovascular RF are modifiable, it is suggested to establish nutritional education programs and promotion of healthy lifestyles.Resumen聽 Introducci贸n: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV) causan el 25% de las muertes en el mundo. En Am茅rica, Argentina ocupa el cuarto lugar. Factores como sedentarismo, tabaquismo, h谩bitos alimentarios y predisposici贸n gen茅tica, ser铆an responsables. El objetivo fue estimar la prevalencia de factores de riesgo (FR) de ECV en estudiantes de Nutrici贸n.Material y m茅todos: Se realiz贸 un estudio descriptivo-transversal, en 185 estudiantes, entre 19-30 a帽os. Se midieron peso, talla y circunferencia de cintura (CC). Se interrog贸 sobre antecedentes familiares de enfermedades cr贸nicas no transmisibles (ECNT), tabaquismo, alcohol y actividad f铆sica (AF). Se cuantific贸 colesterol total (CT), HDL-colesterol (HDL-c), LDL-colesterol (LDL-c), triglic茅ridos (TG), glucosa, 铆ndice de Castelli (IC) y la relaci贸n TG/HDL-col. Los datos se analizaron estad铆sticamente con el programa Minitab 16.Resultados: En la poblaci贸n estudiada (21,9 卤 2,9 a帽os) se hall贸 un 75,7% de antecedentes de ECNT. El 8,1% fumaba, el 56,2% tomaba bebidas alcoh贸licas y la mitad no realizaba AF. El 铆ndice de masa corporal mostr贸 10,3% de sobrepeso y 2,2% de obesidad, y el riesgo cardiovascular seg煤n CC fue 9,7%. El par谩metro m谩s alterado fue LDL-c (48,1%). El 21,1% present贸 hipercolesterolemia y el 22,2%, HDL-col disminuido. El IC fue 3,43 卤 0,96, cuando se evalu贸 la cifra de riesgo, el 33,3% de los varones y el 18,8% de las mujeres, la superaba. El 11,4% tuvo TG/HDL-col elevado. Hubo asociaci贸n entre CC-TG y CC-TG/HDL-col.Conclusiones: Como la mayor铆a de los FR cardiovascular son modificables, se sugiere establecer programas de educaci贸n alimentaria nutricional y promoci贸n de estilos de vida saludable
Prevalencia de factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en estudiantes universitarios de Santa Fe (Argentina)
Get PDFIntroduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cause 25% world's deaths. In America, Argentina ranks fourth. Factors such as sedentary lifestyle, smoking habits, eating habits and genetic predisposition, would be responsible. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of CVD risk factors (RF) in Nutrition students. Material and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in 185 students, aged between 19 and 30 years. Weight, height, and waist circumference (WC) were measured. In addition, they were questioned about family history of chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs), smoking, alcohol and physical activity (PA). Total cholesterol (TC), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-c), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c), triglycerides (TG), glucose, Castelli index (CI) and TG/HDL-c ratio were quantified. Differences in continuous variables between groups were evaluated with t test of Student. The statistical significance level assumed was 5%. Minitab 16 program was used. Results: A 75.7% history of CNCDs was found. The body mass index showed 10.3% of overweight and 2.2% of obesity, and cardiovascular risk according to WC was 9.7%. The most altered parameter was LDL-c (46.9%). 21.1% presented hypercholesterolemia and 21.6%, HDL-c decreased. 13.5% presented CI >4.5, whereas when the suggested cut-off point was considered for the Argentine population (CIA>3.25), 39.5% surpassed it. 11.4% had high TG/HDL-c. 8.1% smoked, 56.2% took alcoholic beverages and half did not engage in PA. The RF of CVD that presented statistically significant differences according to sex were overweight, HDL-c and CI, resulting in all the cases most unfavorable in men.Conclusions: Family history of CNCDs, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, hypercholesterolemia with decreased HDL-c, marked elevation of LDL-c and elevated CI was remarkable. As the most of these cardiovascular RF are modifiable, it is suggested to establish nutritional education programs and promotion of healthy lifestyles.Resumen聽 Introducci贸n: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV) causan el 25% de las muertes en el mundo. En Am茅rica, Argentina ocupa el cuarto lugar. Factores como sedentarismo, tabaquismo, h谩bitos alimentarios y predisposici贸n gen茅tica, ser铆an responsables. El objetivo fue estimar la prevalencia de factores de riesgo (FR) de ECV en estudiantes de Nutrici贸n.Material y m茅todos: Se realiz贸 un estudio descriptivo-transversal, en 185 estudiantes, entre 19-30 a帽os. Se midieron peso, talla y circunferencia de cintura (CC). Se interrog贸 sobre antecedentes familiares de enfermedades cr贸nicas no transmisibles (ECNT), tabaquismo, alcohol y actividad f铆sica (AF). Se cuantific贸 colesterol total (CT), HDL-colesterol (HDL-c), LDL-colesterol (LDL-c), triglic茅ridos (TG), glucosa, 铆ndice de Castelli (IC) y la relaci贸n TG/HDL-col. Los datos se analizaron estad铆sticamente con el programa Minitab 16.Resultados: En la poblaci贸n estudiada (21,9 卤 2,9 a帽os) se hall贸 un 75,7% de antecedentes de ECNT. El 8,1% fumaba, el 56,2% tomaba bebidas alcoh贸licas y la mitad no realizaba AF. El 铆ndice de masa corporal mostr贸 10,3% de sobrepeso y 2,2% de obesidad, y el riesgo cardiovascular seg煤n CC fue 9,7%. El par谩metro m谩s alterado fue LDL-c (48,1%). El 21,1% present贸 hipercolesterolemia y el 22,2%, HDL-col disminuido. El IC fue 3,43 卤 0,96, cuando se evalu贸 la cifra de riesgo, el 33,3% de los varones y el 18,8% de las mujeres, la superaba. El 11,4% tuvo TG/HDL-col elevado. Hubo asociaci贸n entre CC-TG y CC-TG/HDL-col.Conclusiones: Como la mayor铆a de los FR cardiovascular son modificables, se sugiere establecer programas de educaci贸n alimentaria nutricional y promoci贸n de estilos de vida saludable
