Avaliação do risco cardiovascular em policiais militares de uma cidade do Mato Grosso do Sul segundo os critérios de Framingham

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide and its increasing incidence motivated a continuous demand for risk factors relevant to their development. A better understanding of cardiovascular risk in Military Police (MP) can thus prevent CVD, appropriate to the class of conditions, enabling the improvement of their health and quality of life. This study aimed to estimate cardiovascular risk in MP by the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), which consists of an easy application tool, classifying the sample at low risk, intermediate risk and high risk, according to a percentage of infarct probability of occurrence infarction and death from coronary heart disease in the next ten years, through the evaluation of the risk factors age, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, diabetesand smoking. Furthermore, it is possible combinations and correlations with other variables not included in FRS. A convenience sample was characterized by 96 MP (mean age = 37.65 ± 0.71 years), the total of 207 MP men from active duty contingent from the Military Police Battalion of a city of Mato Grosso do Sul, participants the Physical Fitness Test performed by said Corporation. Held stratification of the degree of risk by FRS and anthropometric data [weight, height, blood pressure (BP), waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI)], physical activity and cholesterol dosage (total and fractions). The sample total 90.6% was classified as low risk and presented high frequency of overweight or obese. There was an association between risk category and the variables: level of physical activity (p = 0.03), diabetes and quantity of risk factors for CVD (p = 0.03). The age of the intermediate / high-risk group was higher compared to those with low risk (p = 0.01). There was a strong correlation between WC and BMI (p <0.001, r = 0.894), moderate correlation between WC and LDL-C levels (p <0.001, r = 0.358) and between WC and number of risk factors (p <0.001, r = 0.571). Conclusion: Therewas a predominance of low cardiovascular risk estimated by the FRS in MP of a city ofMato Grosso do Sul, however, BMI correlated strongly with WC, with consequent increased risk of morbidity and mortality from CVD, if these changes are not treated.