Avaliação dos indicadores deadiposidade em pacientes adultos hipertensos

Abstract

Background: The obesity characterizes itself by the increase in body fat resulting from an energetic instability, disposing the individual towards cardiovascular events, due to the fact that it is often associated to other diseases such as dyslipemias, sistemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and diabetes mellitus (DM), mainly in the presence of abdominal adiposity. Objective: To assess indicators of adiposity in hypertensive adults patients. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study that included 120 evaluated adult patients from both sexes (age range between 20 and 59) with the diagnosis of SAH and using antihypertensive medication, according to the criteria of the 7th Brazilian Guidelines for Hypertension Arterial. The study takes place in the Cardiology and Nutrition Clinic of the University Hospital in the city of Dourados/MS. Results: Regarding the nutritional state and socioeconomic factors, it was observed that the difference is only in the age, being it lower in obesity of level III (p=0,02). In regard to the comparison of the adiposity indicators of cardiovascular risk factors, the age was bigger in the presence of 2 RF (p=0,007), while the CC was bigger with 1 RF (p=0,005). The IC was lower in the absence of RF and it presented a difference of (p=0,05) about having or not having the presence of RF (p=0,02). Conclusion: It can be concluded that among the anthropometric indicators the finest one is the IC method, which presented the highest index related to factors of risk. One of the highlights is that the changes in lifestyle have as consequence individuals that are more vulnerable to factors of cardiovascular risk. Therefore, it is important to evaluate anthropometric indicators of adiposity in hypertensive people in order to prematurely verify the risks and promote preventive measures.