Abstract

DUQUESNE ALDERETE, Amílcar  and  LOPEZ MEDINA, Ana Margarita. Atherogenic risk factor in two groups of elderlies. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

Objectives: to compare the prevalence of atherogenic factors in two groups of elderlies, one with atherosclerosis complications and the other without it. Methods: a comparative, retrospective and descriptive study was conducted in patients seen in six family physicians consulting rooms from the "19 de Abril" Polyclinic during 2007 and 2008. Each group included 80 elderlies seen in the consulting room or at home. Ethical requirements of a research were taken into account. Results: smoking was the only risk factor present with a great prevalence in involved men compared with those non-involved. High blood pressure was the only factor observed with a higher prevalence in women than in men. In involved men predominated two risk factors and in women only one. Conclusions: the more frequent risk factors are observe in elderlies with some atherosclerosis complication in male sex.

Keywords : Atherosclerosis; atherosclerosis complication; number of risk factors.

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