{"title":"Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults registered in a primary health unit of Porto","authors":"L. Bohn, A. Castro, José Oliveira","doi":"10.5114/hm.2021.106163","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose. the study aims to describe the adult’s overall cardiovascular disease risk factors prevalence, including arterial stiffness and physical inactivity. Methods. the cross-sectional study involved 197 adults (males: 42%; mean age: 47 ± 13 years) from a Portuguese health centre. traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors were measured during clinical assessment. Arterial stiffness was evaluated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity ( 10 m/s). Physical inactivity (< 30 min/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity) was objectively assessed with accelerometry. the statistical procedures included descriptive analysis (means, medians, and frequencies) and between-gender comparisons (chi-square test and t -test) for cardiovascular disease risk factors. Results. Cardiovascular disease risk factors prevalence was as follows: dyslipidaemia: 71%, physical inactivity: 51%, hypertension: 43%, metabolic syndrome: 36%, arterial stiffness: 31%, smoking: 29%, and obesity: 20%. the prevalence of cardio-vas cular disease risk factors increases with age and is higher in males than in females. the prevalence of hypertension and metabolic syndrome was higher in participants with a lower educational level. the majority of hypertensive patients were more physically inactive (56.5%) than active (43.5%; p = 0.044). Conclusions. the overall prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors was high, with 1/3 having augmented arterial stiffening and half being physically inactive.","PeriodicalId":35354,"journal":{"name":"Human Movement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human Movement","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2021.106163","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Health Professions","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose. the study aims to describe the adult’s overall cardiovascular disease risk factors prevalence, including arterial stiffness and physical inactivity. Methods. the cross-sectional study involved 197 adults (males: 42%; mean age: 47 ± 13 years) from a Portuguese health centre. traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors were measured during clinical assessment. Arterial stiffness was evaluated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity ( 10 m/s). Physical inactivity (< 30 min/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity) was objectively assessed with accelerometry. the statistical procedures included descriptive analysis (means, medians, and frequencies) and between-gender comparisons (chi-square test and t -test) for cardiovascular disease risk factors. Results. Cardiovascular disease risk factors prevalence was as follows: dyslipidaemia: 71%, physical inactivity: 51%, hypertension: 43%, metabolic syndrome: 36%, arterial stiffness: 31%, smoking: 29%, and obesity: 20%. the prevalence of cardio-vas cular disease risk factors increases with age and is higher in males than in females. the prevalence of hypertension and metabolic syndrome was higher in participants with a lower educational level. the majority of hypertensive patients were more physically inactive (56.5%) than active (43.5%; p = 0.044). Conclusions. the overall prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors was high, with 1/3 having augmented arterial stiffening and half being physically inactive.