Background:

colorectal cancer constitutes a great magnitude health problem due to its high morbidity and mortality. In Cuba, colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in both sexes.

Objective:

to describe the modifiable risk factors for colorectal cancer in patients over 50 years of age in the José Luis Chaviano Chávez Teaching Community Polyclinic Medical office of Family No. 4 in Cienfuegos.

Methods:

a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with a universe of 318 patients that constitute the entire population over 50 years of the family No. 4 medical office belonging to the José Luis Chaviano Chávez Polyclinic in Cienfuegos. The study sample was selected by simple random probability sampling, and consisted of 152 patients. The studied variables: age, sex, and modifiable habits: smoking, alcohol consumption, consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables, physical activity, consumption of processed meat and consumption of red meat. The information was collected through a survey.

Results:

of the 318 patients in the study, smoking was present in the 38.1 %, predominantly male with the 48.6 %. Risk alcohol consumption was recorded in the 40.7 %. The consumption of fruits, vegetables and vegetables was very low with only 5.9 %, without differences between both sexes. The risk body mass index predominated in 56.7 %, with a slight predominance in the female sex for 58.5 %; there is also a high degree of physical inactivity with 91.5 %.

Conclusions:

male smoking and alcohol consumption predominated in the study patients. The consumption of fruits and vegetables was very low without differences between both sexes. The risk body mass index predominated with a slight superiority in the female sex; there was a high degree of physical inactivity.

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