Prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health in the Brazilian adult population – National Health Survey 2019

• Autor(a) principal: Motta, Ana Carolina Souto Valente
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Bousquet-Santos, Kelb, Motoki, Isabela Harumi Lopes, Andrade, Joanlise Marco De Leon
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/5518
• topic: Estudos Populacionais em Saúde Pública; Inquérito Nacional de Saúde; Fatores de Risco de Doenças Cardíacas; Desigualdade em Saúde; Estudos Transversais; Population Studies in Public Health; Health Survey; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Health Status Disparity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Estudios Poblacionales en Salud Pública; Encuesta de Salud; Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedad Cardiovascular; Desigualdad en Salud; Estudios Transversales

Objective: To analyze the prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health (CVH) in the Brazilian adult population based on the 2019 National Health Survey. Methods: Population-based crosssectional study (N=77,494). As proposed by the American Heart Association, the prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of ideal CVH were estimated globally (7 metrics achieved simultaneously) and by individual metrics (four behavioral and three biological). Prevalence was also estimated by sociodemographic characteristics. Results: Only 0.5% (0.4;0.6) of the population presented ideal CVH, with a higher prevalence those with higher education (1.3%; 95%CI 0.9;1.6) and those living in urban areas (0.6%; 0.5;0.7). The prevalence of behavioral and biological metrics was 0.7% (0.6;0.8) and 63.3% (62.7;63.9), respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of ideal CVH was very low, which highlights the importance of public policies for the promotion, surveillance, and attention to CVH in the Brazilian adult population.