title: [Cardiovascular risk of immigrants living in Spain according to origin and years of stay].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether there are differences in the immigrant population in terms of the years since their arrival in Spain and their geographical area of origin.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted in three immigrant groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  The groups selected were: a group of Latin American immigrants (298), a group of North African immigrants (130) and a group from Eastern Europe (114). A control group of 100 from a Spanish population of similar age and sex was also included.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anthropometric variables were measured, including biochemical inflammatory markers, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk estimation according to the tables of the European Societies of Hypertension and Cardiology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cardiovascular risk of the three groups of immigrants is similar between them (added cardiovascular risk high or very high at 5.5% in Latin Americans, 4.3% in North Africans, and 1.6% in immigrants from eastern countries), but significantly lower than the Spanish control group (28%). After 8 years in Spain, cardiovascular risk increases in the three groups of immigrants, with those from North Africa and eastern countries being comparable to the Spanish group (added cardiovascular risk high or very high of 18.5% in North Africans, and 20% in group from eastern countries). This cardiovascular risk was higher than the other groups, including the Spanish control group (Latin American immigrants 48.7% vs 28% in Spanish group).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cardiovascular risk of immigrants increases over the years in Spain, with this increase being higher if they come from Latin America. This increase becomes clinically significant after the 8 years of stay in Spain.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Riesgo Cardiovascular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lozano Sánchez
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leal Hernández
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abellán Huerta
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gómez Jara
authors.forename: Enrique José
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ortín Ortín
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abellán Alemán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors