Abstract

ALMONACID URREGO, Carmen Cecilia et al. Evaluation of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease in young university students of Santafe Locality from Bogota, Colombia. Nova [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.25, pp.9-17. ISSN 1794-2470.

Objective. To identify cardiovascular risk factors in young people of Santafé Locality of Bogotá, Colombia. Method. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at three universities in the Santafe Locality of Bogota, aged 16-29 years, who underwent clinical and laboratory examinations and they were asked to answer a risk factor questionnaire. Results. 747 students were evaluated, finding that the highest prevalence of cardiovascular risk factor was alcohol (96.1%), also related to an increased blood pressure with the Chi square test. The prevalence of physical inactivity (63.8%) and smoking (48.1%) showed no marked differences compared with other studies, and the second was the only one that was associated with increased systolic (P < 0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (P = 0.04). The prevalence of obesity was similar to that found in previous research (2.3 %); and it was also associated to the presence of high levels of triglycerides (P = 0.001) and increase in blood glucose (P = 0.01). The results of this study indicate that college students in the Santafe Locality of Bogotá, have as main risk factors of cardiovascular disease, alcohol consumption, smoking and physical inactivity.

Keywords : alcoholism; cardiovascular risk factors; Colombia; smoking; hypertension; universities.

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