Parámetros antropométricos asociados al riesgo cardiovascular en España. Estudio DORICA

  1. Jesús Millán 2
  2. Teresa Mantilla 3
  3. Javier Aranceta 4
  4. Mario Foz 5
  5. Blas Gil 6
  6. Eugenio Jover 7
  7. Susana Monereo 1
  8. Basilio Moreno 2
  9. Carmen Pérez 4
  1. 1 Hospital Universitario de Getafe. Madrid
  2. 2 Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
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    Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0111es613

  3. 3 Centro de Atención Primaria Mar Báltico. Madrid
  4. 4 Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Obesidad y Sociedad Española de Nutrición Comunitaria. Unidad de Nutrición Comunitaria. Subárea de Salud Pública. Bilbao. Vizcaya
  5. 5 Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol. Badalona. Barcelona
  6. 6 Hospital Clínico San Cecilio. Granada
  7. 7 Hospital Clínico. Valladolid
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Journal:
Clínica e investigación en arteriosclerosis

ISSN: 0214-9168,  1578-1879

Year of publication: 2007

Volume: 19

Issue: 2

Pages: 61-69

Type: Article

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Abstract

Introduction Cardiovascular risk in any population is directly related to the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and with the impact of each of these factors on morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. Because of this population-related variation, population-specific data should be used to evaluate individual cardiovascular risk. Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric characteristics associated with distinct risk factors in the Spanish population, based on large population studies, and to establish–if possible–cut-off points for anthropometric parameters associated with cardiovascular risk. Methods Data were extracted from the DORICA study, performed in 9 autonomous communities in Spain and almost 15,000 individuals. The prevalence of different cardiovascular risk factors was studied and cut-off points for the Spanish population were established to determine the anthropometric markers associated with cardiovascular risk. The body mass index (BMI) associated with cardiovascular risk was 27 kg/m2 for women and 30 kg/m2 for men. Waist circumference (WC) associated with metabolic cardiovascular risk in the Spanish population was 80 cm and 90 cm in women, and 88 cm and 98 cm in men for a BMI of 25 and 30, respectively. Conclusions These data suggest that anthropometric parameters associated with elevated cardiovascular risk should be adapted to population data, which would help to establish diagnostic criteria in processes with high cardiovascular risk.

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