Introduction:

alterations in lipid metabolism are a very frequent health problem, which increase with the age of the individual.

Objective:

to determine the association among risk factors for atherogenic disease in geriatric patients treated in the consultation from "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Clinical and Surgical University Hospital.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2018 to September 2019. The sample was made up of 198 geriatric patients, chosen by systematic probabilistic sampling.

Results:

male gender, age from 60 to 69 years for both genders and white skin color predominated. The most frequent clinical atherogenic risk factors were arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The lipid profile was characterized by high values of total cholesterol, VLDLc, LDLc, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B, both lipid indices, and low levels of HDLc and apolipoproteins A1.

Conclusions:

all lipid determinations showed statistical significance when relating them to age, but not to gender. Arterial hypertension and ischemic heart disease were significantly associated with undesirable values ​​of total cholesterol, VLDLc, LDLc, triglycerides, apoprotein B and both lipid indices. Diabetes mellitus and alcoholism were associated with alterations in all lipid fractions, except HDLc and apoprotein A1, respectively. Smokers had undesirable values ​​of VLDLc, LDLc, and atherogenic index, and obese patients of total cholesterol, LDLc, triglycerides, and apoprotein B.