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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.

Palabras clave : alcoholism; cardiovascular risk factors; Colombia; smoking; hypertension; universities.

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