ISSN: 2578-4633
Authors: Barbara DA, Miriam GO, Maria EBS, Andrea GSA, Yarelli JOV and Genoveva GG
Given the increase in cardiovascular diseases worldwide, risk factors are a measurable and predictive element to the increase in disease frequency within a period of time; cardiovascular pathologies are associated with unhealthy and risky, modifiable and non-modifiable lifestyles; Bibliographic references mention that it is more frequent in adults over 55 years of age, male, with: diabetes, hypertension, smoking more than ten years and more than ten cigarettes a day; in recent years the predisposition is in children under 40 and in women, related to obesity and sedentary lifestyle; Therefore, models of approximate evolution of the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases have been developed, such as the PAHO / WHO Cardio Cal application, which takes into account six variables: gender, age, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, smoking and cholesterol. It is a descriptive study, with a sample of 94 adults, with two groups: that of young adults of 20 to 35 years and mature adult of 35 to 59 years. With the objective of determining the cardiovascular risk related to lifestyles in Mexican adults, the following results were found: most women participated, with an average age of 36 years; 80% of the population studied has a low risk at an incidence of less than 10% at 10 years of presenting a cardiovascular event, less than 1% annually and 10% of those studied are at a moderate and high risk, which represents that two people will have an event annually and 20 in the coming years. With respect to cardiovascular risk factors, there is a significant difference p <0.001239 in the 35-59 age group with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, overweight, grade I obesity, increased abdominal perimeter, stress and physical inactivity. For all the above, it is relevant to implement strategies in individuals focused on lifestyle changes, due to the cardiovascular risk found.
Keywords: Risk Factors; Coronary Heart Disease; Young Adult; Health Promotion
