Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in workers in secondary and tertiary sectors of employment
Abstract
The medical examination of workers is an opportunity for the early detection of factors of cardiovascular risk.We designed a retrospective transverse study. The studied population consisted of 15,771 workers who attended medical examinations in 2009. We studied the following cardiovascular risk factors: age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, obesity, physical activity, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and cardiovascular risk.
44.3% of workers belong to the service sector and 55.7% to the industrial sector. The mean age was 46.27 years old. The estimated prevalence for diabetes was 2.9%, 3,2% for hypertension, 43,7% for smoking, 38.4% for being overweight, 19,4% for obesity, 56.3% for sedentary lifestyle, 39,5% for altered cholesterol and cardiovascular risk (SCORE) at 0.62% in the service sector and at 1,03% in the industrial sector.
We found significant differences between sectors about physical inactivity, HDL and cardiovascular risk.
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