Introduction:

cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity, disability and premature death worldwide. The control of risk factors is an essential element for their prevention in primary care, so it is important to estimate the risk.

Objective:

to determine the value of anthropometric-nutritional indicators in the stratification of cardiovascular risk in the adult population.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample consisted of 166 patients between 35 and 74 years old, belonging to the 22 consulting room at Carlos Juan Finlay polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, from September to December 2017, where the body mass index, waist-hip index, body fat index and global cardiovascular risk were evaluated.

Results:

in the values of the anthropometric-nutritional indicators in the different degrees of cardiovascular risk according to gender, body mass index (p=0,002) and body adiposity index (p=0,007) allowed significantly differentiating the degrees of cardiovascular risk, but not the waist-hip index (p=0,193); in contrast, significant differences were observed in men only in the body adiposity index (p=0,042).

Conclusions:

in the differentiation of global cardiovascular risk levels, the body adiposity index is useful for both genders and the body mass index in women, not making the waist-hip index possible.

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