title: [Assessment of health benefits from a nutrition program aimed at inmates with cardiovascular risk factors at Huelva Prison].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diet and lifestyle are important factors in improving cardiovascular health and preventing chronic diseases.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Assessment of changes brought about in cardiovascular risk (CVR) and metabolic syndrome (MS) after inclusion in a nutritional program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intervention, nonrandomized prospective cohort study carried out at Huelva prison in a one year period. Information about quarterly and bi-annual anthropometric and blood biochemical variables was obtained to assess changes in diet. A descriptive analysis with LC 95% and pre-post study was also completed, using T-Student quantitative variables and Wilcoxon test averages. Qualitative testing was performed using the Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample consisted of 139 subjects, 44 patients were lost in the follow-up study and 95 completed the program. Diet modification took place in 86.3% of the cases. We obtained significant improvements in weight, body mass, fat mass, abdominal perimeter and diastolic blood pressure rate index variables (Table 3). We see a reduction in high and low CVR vs. medium CVR according to features of Framingham and REGICOR (without significance), remaining stable in the SCORE model (Table 4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health education and proper diet improved anthropometric and biochemical parameters in these patients. This may imply a new tool in the health care repertoire that can be applied to other centres.
authors.affiliation: Centro Penitenciario de Huelva, Huelva, España.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gil-Delgado
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Zamorano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Sánchez-Suárez
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004035:Diet Therapy; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011329:Prisoners; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol