Prevalência de fatores de risco nos participantes do Projeto Saúde em Movimento

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease has been one of the major chronic diseases today. The multiple risk factors are responsible for the genesis and development of cardiovascular disease. The main risk factors: hypertension, diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, overweight and obesity. For the prevention of such factors is of utmost importance to physical exercise. To determine by means of a cross-sectional survey what are the risk factors prevalent in the participants of the Health in Motion, the Institute of Physical Education and Sports - IEFES, Federal University of Ceará - UFC. We administered a questionnaire consisting of questions that assessed the prevalence of major risk factors in participants of the project. The survey was conducted with 132 students of both sexes, aged between 18 to 80 years.Most participants are female (89.4%), comprising mainly an age range from 45 to 60 years (46.2%). The risk factors most prevalent were: overweight (54.5%), hypertension (40.2%), hypercholesterolemia (36.3%), diabetes (9.1%), obesity (7.5%) and smoking (4.5%).Based on the data collected can be concluded that risk factors such as overweight, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia are more prevalent among the participants of the Health on the move, showing a risk for developing disease cardiovascular. It is very important that encouraged physical activity in this population.