Cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents of a medical office

Abstract

Introduction: exposure to cardiovascular risk factors generally begins in adolescence. Objective: to describe the cardiovascular risk factors present in adolescents treatedin the Family Medical Office 6-13 of Encrucijada during the year 2018. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted during 2018, the population was 107 adolescents, a non-probabilistic sampling was performed, a sample was selected for convenience that was constituted by 83 young people to whom the identification test of the disorders due to alcohol consumption was applied also they were interviewed and physical and complementary tests were carried out. Epidemiological variables and cardiovascular risk factors were defined. The percentage analysis and the Chi square test of independence were used. Results: 30.1% of adolescents passed through the middle stage, 56.6% belonged to the female sex, 80.7% had no morbidity, hyperlipoproteinemia had an incidence and a prevalence of 6%; the 69, 9% were normal weight and 38.6% were exposed to two or three risk factors. Conclusions: female predominated that went through the middle and late stages. Among the cardiovascular risk factors, a personal history of arterial hypertension, hyperlipoproteinemia and diabetes mellitus were common. Teenagers were generally exposed to two or three cardiovascular risk factors. The number ofpredisposers was associated with the late stage and the male sex.