Introduction:

Possible non-traditional predictors of cardiovascular diseases in older people have been explored.

Objective:

Identify non-traditional risk factors predictive of mortality from cardiovascular diseases in older adults.

Method:

An analytical case-control study was carried out on older adult patients belonging to 3 health areas of the Santiago de Cuba municipality, during the year 2021. Cases: patients who died due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and controls, older adult patients alive, without the disease. The cross-product ratio (OR), the confidence interval (CI) and the chi-square test were determined to identify the factors that were associated with the onset of the disease.

Results:

Frailty (OR= 3.380; CI: 2.476-4.615; p= 0.000) and cognitive impairment (OR= 2.731; CI: 2.006-3.717; p= 0.000) showed a very significant statistical association with mortality; patients with 3 or more risk factors presented a higher risk of mortality (OR= 4.683).

Conclusions:

Frailty and multimorbidity are new predictors of mortality from cardiovascular diseases in older adults, which when associated imply greater risk.

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