Estado nutricional e risco cardiovascular de idosos atendidos em ambulatórios de um Hospital Universitário

Abstract

The increase of the elderly population in Brazil, and the prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases have led to the demographic and epidemiological transition in the country. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in elderly patients attending in outpatient clinics of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Grande Dourados in Dourados/MS. Anthropometric measurements and blood pressure measurement were performed in the moment of the interview; a questionnaire about cardiovascular risk factors was also applied. It was identified that, of the 79 elderly interviewed, 12.6% were underweight, 32.9% were eutrophic and 54.4% were overweight; 92.5% of the women and 69.2% of the men presented cardiovascular risk according to waist circumference; 6.3% of the population were smokers, 68.3% were sedentary, and 89.8% of them reported positive family illness history; 70.8% use antihypertensive medication and half of those, presented hypertension in the moment of measurement. This study also evaluated the relationship between vitamin D intakes and cardiovascular risk factors and found a significant relationship only in LDL-Cholesterol concentrations. Therefore, the high prevalence of inadequate nutritional status are evident and, more studies related to vitamin D intakes and cardiovascular risk are necessary.