Índice de conicidade e relação cintura quadril na avaliação do risco cardiovascular em idosos: Conicity index and waist-to-hip relation in the evaluation of cardiovascular risk in the elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Maniva, Samia Jardelle Costa de Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Nascimento, Karleandro Nascimento Pereira do, almeida, Francisca Érika rodrigues de, Pinheiro, Angélica Barreira, Marculino, Hertta Hellen Sousa, Gomes, Regina Kelly Guimarães, Freitas, Consuelo Helena Aires de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/540
• topic: Envelhecimento; Doença Crônica; Antropometria; Assistência à Saúde; Promoção da Saúde; Enfermagem.; Aging; Chronic disease; Anthropometry; Health care; Health promotion; Nursing.

Objective: To assess the cardiovascular risk of the elderly by waist-to-hip ratio and taper index in a long-term care facility and a living center for the elderly. Method: This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach conducted in a Long-term Care Institution of the Elderly and in a Living Center for the elderly. It consisted of a sample of twenty-eight elderly and was collected by means of a structured form. The thematic analysis of the data was used and the ethical aspects were respected. Results: there was a predominance of males, with a mean age of 76 years and 77 years. The most prevalent chronic disease was hypertension, followed by diabetes mellitus. In both study sites, the average waist-to-hip ratio was 0.94 and 0.92 and the taper index was 1.35 and 136, both inadequate. Conclusion: it was found that the population studied has cardiovascular risk factors, as they obtained cutoff measurements above the recommended, according to current guidelines and protocols.