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Abstract

FERNANDEZ MILAN, Ana; NAVARRO DESPAIGNE, Daysi  and  BACALLAO GALLESTEY, Jorge. Gender Conditioning and Socio-economical Condition: its Association with Some Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis. Rev. Finlay [online]. 2018, vol.8, n.1, pp.26-35. ISSN 2221-2434.

Introduction: the process which determine health-disease processes do not affect similarly women and men. These gender differences have a determinant impact in peoples’ health. Objective: to determine the association between gender conditioning and socio-economical condition and some atherosclerosis risk factors in middle aged women. Method: a cross observational study was carried out in two doctors’ offices with socio-economical characteristics supposedly different belonging to the Polyclinic 19 de Abril at the municipality of Plaza de la Revolution, from January 2012 to June 2013. A group of 251 women from 40 to 59 of age was studied. The variables analyzed were atherosclerosis risk factors (arterial hypertension, diabetics mellitus type II, smoking habit, total obesity, abdominal obesity) socio-economical and gender overloading. An exploratory factorial analysis was realized through the method of maximum likelihood estimation aimed at the global evaluation of the association among the three basic dimensions of this research. Results: the increase of gender overloading was associated to the smoking habit. The better the socio-economical situation the higher gender conditioning. Conclusion: dimensions, socio-economical conditions, atherosclerosis risk factors and gender conditioning are mutually independent or more exactly, they have a very low possibility of association.

Keywords : aterosclerosis; risk factors; gender identity; socioeconomic factors.

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