Estratificação de risco cardiovascular em adultos e idosos atendidos na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

Stratify the cardiovascular risk of adults and elderly people treated in Primary Health Care (PHC). Methodology: Cross-sectional study carried out in Marau, Rio Grande do Sul, with adults and elderly people treated at PHC in 2019. Data were collected from electronic medical records and included sociodemographic, health and behavioral characteristics. In this study, the prevalence of low, intermediate and high cardiovascular risk stratification was analyzed with a 95% confidence interval (95CI). The distribution of cardiovascular risk according to the exposure variables was also verified using the chi-square test and assuming a type I error of 5%. Results: In the sample (n=985), the prevalence of low cardiovascular risk was 18.4% (IC95 16-21), intermediate 25.7% (IC95 23-28) and high 55.9% (IC95 53- 59). The study showed a statistically significant difference in the relationship between high cardiovascular risk and education (59.8% incomplete primary education; p<0.001) and nutritional status (60.5% overweight; p<0.001). Conclusion: The prevalence of high cardiovascular risk is high and occurs especially in individuals with low education and inadequate nutritional status.