Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death of adult population in most countries. Risk factors seem to be present at increasingly early ages. We studied 120 students of both sexes between 17 and 21 years old, freshman at the School of Medicine, National University of La Rioja in 2007. Th...

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Autores principales: Rivarola, H. Walter, Avila, Karina, de la Fuente, Mercado, Corzo, María
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Publicado: Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2014
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Factores de riesgo
prevalencia
prevención de enfermedades
Risk Factors
Prevalence
Disease Prevention
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6915
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spelling I10-R360-article-69152025-04-03T12:07:45Z Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007 Prevalencia de factores de riesgo cardiovascular en ingresantes a la Universidad Nacional de la Rioja en el año 2007 Rivarola, H. Walter Avila, Karina de la Fuente, Mercado Corzo, María Factores de riesgo prevalencia prevención de enfermedades Risk Factors Prevalence Disease Prevention Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death of adult population in most countries. Risk factors seem to be present at increasingly early ages. We studied 120 students of both sexes between 17 and 21 years old, freshman at the School of Medicine, National University of La Rioja in 2007. Thirty-five percent do not show normal systolic pressure. Twenty-three point five percent have a body mass index above normal. Only 19% of women do some physical activity. Sixty-six point seven percent of women and 50% of men have cholesterol levels above the acceptable and 74% of men present moderate to high cardiovascular risk. The observed prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is a warning sign given the young age of the population studied. Las enfermedades cardiovasculares constituyen la principal causa de muerte de la población adulta en la mayoría de los países. Los factores de riesgo estarían presentes en edades cada vez más tempranas. Se estudió 120 estudiantes de ambos sexos, entre 17 a 21 años de edad, ingresantes a la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional de La Rioja en el año 2007. El 35 % no presentó presión sistólica normal. Un 23,5 % posee un Índice de Masa Corporal por arriba de lo normal. Solamente un 19 % de las mujeres realizan alguna actividad física. Un 66,7 % de las mujeres y un 50 % de los hombres poseen niveles de colesterol por arriba de los aceptables y el 74 % de los hombres tienen riesgo cardiovascular moderado a elevado. La prevalencia observada de factores de riesgo cardiovascular representa un toque de atención dada la juventud de la población considerada. Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2014-03-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6915 10.31052/1853.1180.v16.n1.6915 Revista de Salud Pública; Vol. 16 Núm. 1 (2012); 63-76 1852-9429 1853-1180 10.31052/1853.1180.v16.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6915/7987 Derechos de autor 1969 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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prevalencia
prevención de enfermedades
Risk Factors
Prevalence
Disease Prevention
spellingShingle Factores de riesgo
prevalencia
prevención de enfermedades
Risk Factors
Prevalence
Disease Prevention
Rivarola, H. Walter
Avila, Karina
de la Fuente, Mercado
Corzo, María
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
topic_facet Factores de riesgo
prevalencia
prevención de enfermedades
Risk Factors
Prevalence
Disease Prevention
author Rivarola, H. Walter
Avila, Karina
de la Fuente, Mercado
Corzo, María
author_facet Rivarola, H. Walter
Avila, Karina
de la Fuente, Mercado
Corzo, María
author_sort Rivarola, H. Walter
title Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
title_short Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
title_full Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
title_fullStr Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Entrants to the National University of La Rioja in 2007
title_sort prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in entrants to the national university of la rioja in 2007
description Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death of adult population in most countries. Risk factors seem to be present at increasingly early ages. We studied 120 students of both sexes between 17 and 21 years old, freshman at the School of Medicine, National University of La Rioja in 2007. Thirty-five percent do not show normal systolic pressure. Twenty-three point five percent have a body mass index above normal. Only 19% of women do some physical activity. Sixty-six point seven percent of women and 50% of men have cholesterol levels above the acceptable and 74% of men present moderate to high cardiovascular risk. The observed prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is a warning sign given the young age of the population studied.
publisher Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC
publishDate 2014
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/6915
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