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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0138-6557</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cub Med Mil]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0138-6557</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0138-65572022000100018</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Riesgo cardiovascular en mujeres sanas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cardiovascular risk in healthy women]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mildrey]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hidalgo Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Jorge]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cepero Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ivonne]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sarait]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz Madrazo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Niurka Milagros]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Hospital Militar &#8220;Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Santa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000100018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Las enfermedades cardiovasculares son un problema de salud y una de las principales causas de muerte a nivel mundial. Presentan alta morbilidad y mortalidad en mujeres de entre 40 y 59 años, período que coincide con la menopausia natural.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar el riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes femeninas sanas.  Métodos:  Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, en 96 mujeres sanas. Fueron estudiadas variables epidemiológicas, clínicas, la valoración nutricional, circunferencia abdominal, estudios de laboratorio (triacilglicéridos, glucemia y colesterol total) y se realizó estratificación del riesgo cardiovascular. Se realizó un análisis de frecuencias y se empleó el test de ji cuadrado de Pearson para las comparaciones.  Resultados:  El grupo más representativo fue de 20 a 29 años de edad, los factores de riesgo con mayor incidencia fueron, la circunferencia abdominal por encima de 88 cm, IMC superior a 25 kg/m2, colesterol elevado e hipertrigliceridemia con asociación estadísticamente significativa (p&lt; 0,000), predominaron las mujeres sin factores de riesgo en menores de 40 años, el bajo riesgo cardiovascular en todas las edades; el moderado y alto fue más significativo entre 40 y 49, y entre 50 y 59 años de edad (p&lt; 0,000).  Conclusiones:  Predomina el bajo riesgo cardiovascular en mujeres menores de 40 años sin asociación de factores de riesgo; en las mayores de 40 predomina el moderado, con asociaciones entre factores de riesgo. El aumento del IMC, el colesterol elevado, la hipertrigliceridemia y la circunferencia abdominal mayor de 88 cm, fueron los factores de riesgo más importantes y estuvieron relacionados con la edad.  Palabras clave:  factores de riesgo; enfermedad cardiovascular; fisiología cardiovascular; identidad de género. ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Cardiovascular diseases are a health problem and one of the main causes of death worldwide. They present high morbidity and mortality in women between the ages of 40 and 59, a period that coincides with natural menopause.  Objective:  To characterize cardiovascular risk in healthy female patients.  Methods: A descriptive study was carried out in 96 healthy women. Epidemiological and clinical variables, nutritional assessment, abdominal circumference, laboratory studies (triacylglycerides, glycemia and total cholesterol) were studied, and cardiovascular risk stratification was performed. A frequency analysis was performed and Pearson's chi-square test was used for comparisons.  Results:  The most representative group was 20 to 29 years old, the risk factors with the highest incidence were abdominal circumference above 88 cm, body mass index above 25 kg/m2, high cholesterol and hypertriglyceridemia with association statistically significant (p&lt; 0.000), women without risk factors prevailed in those under 40 years of age, low cardiovascular risk in all ages; moderate and high was more significant between 40 and 49, and between 50 and 59 years of age (p&lt; 0.000).  Conclusions:  Low cardiovascular risk predominates in women under 40 years of age without association of risk factors; in those over 40 the moderate predominates, with associations between risk factors. Increased BMI, high cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and abdominal circumference greater than 88 cm were the most important risk factors and were related to age.]]></p></abstract>
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