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<journal-id>0864-0300</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-0300</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-03002021000500007</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores de riesgo de la aterosclerosis en población atendida por cuatro consultorios médicos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk factors for atherosclerosis in a population attended by four medical offices]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Perera Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Georgia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alemañy Díaz-Perera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alemañy Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-03002021000500007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-03002021000500007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-03002021000500007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La aterosclerosis es una enfermedad compleja, tan antigua como el hombre, a quien acompaña desde la concepción hasta su muerte.  Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento de los factores de riesgo de la aterosclerosis.  Método:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal durante el periodo 2016 a 2019.  Resultados: Los factores de riesgo que predominaron fueron la hipertensión arterial, 348 para el 44,9 % y la dislipidemia con más de un año de evolución en 247 para el 89,2 %. La hipertensión arterial tiene el mayor riesgo asociado con el sobrepeso/obesidad, el sedentarismo, la circunferencia de la cintura alterada, el índice cintura talla alterado, los antecedentes familiares de hipertensión arterial, la diabetes mellitus tipo 2, la dislipidemia y con las enfermedades cardiovasculares. La dislipidemia tiene el mayor riesgo asociado con el sobrepeso/obesidad, la circunferencia de la cintura alterada, el índice cintura talla alterado, la hipertensión arterial, la diabetes mellitus tipo 2, los antecedentes familiares de dislipidemia y con la enfermedad arterial periférica y renal crónica.  Conclusiones: Predominó el diagnóstico de hipertensión arterial, así como el diagnóstico de dislipidemia de más de un año de evolución. La hipertensión arterial y la dislipidemia presentaron un alto riesgo asociado con la mayoría de los factores de riesgo y enfermedades consecuentes de la aterosclerosis estudiados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a complex disease, as old as man, whom it accompanies from conception to death.  Objective: To describe the behavior of risk factors for atherosclerosis.  Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out during the period 2016 to 2019.  Results: The predominant risk factors were the diagnosis of hypertension, 348 for 44.9 % and the diagnosis of dyslipidemia over one year in 247 for 89.2 %. hypertension has the highest risk associated with overweight / obesity, sedentary lifestyle, altered waist circumference, altered waist-to-height index, family history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease. Dyslipidemia has the highest risk associated with overweight / obesity, altered waist circumference, altered waist-height index, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, a family history of dyslipidemia and with peripheral arterial and chronic kidney disease.  Conclusions: The diagnosis of hypertension and the diagnosis of dyslipidemia of more than one year predominated. Hypertension and dyslipidemia presented a high risk associated with most of the risk factors and diseases resulting from atherosclerosis studied.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[factores de riesgo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aterosclerosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[atención primaria de salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[risk factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[atherosclerosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[primary health attention]]></kwd>
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