Cardiovascular risk factors in a Mexican middle-class urban population. The Lindavista Study. Baseline data.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this communication is to describe the cardiovascular risk factors affecting a Mexican urban middle-class population.


METHODS
A convenience sample of 2602 middle class urban subjects composed the cohort of the Lindavista Study, a prospective study aimed to determine if conventional cardiovascular risks factors have the same prognosis impact as in other populations. For the baseline data, several measurements were done: obesity indexes, smoking, blood pressure, fasting serum glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-c, LDL-c and triglycerides. This paper presents the basal values of this population, which represents a sample of the Mexican growing urban middle-class.


RESULTS
The mean age in the sample was 50 years; 59% were females. Around 50% of the entire group were overweighed, while around 24% were obese. 32% smoked; 32% were hypertensive with a 20% rate of controlled pressure. 6% had diabetes, and 14% had impaired fasting glucose; 66% had total cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dL; 62% showed HDL-c levels<40 mg/dL; 52% triglycerides>150 mg/dL, and 34% levels of LDL-c ≥ 160 mg/dL. Half of the population studied had the metabolic syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
These data show a population with a high-risk profile, secondary to the agglomeration of several cardiovascular risk factors.
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
Alejandra
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Meaney
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Guillermo
G
Ceballos-Reyes
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Gabriela
G
Gutiérrez-Salmean
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
Virginia
V
Samaniego-Méndez
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
Agustín
A
Vela-Huerta
Cátedra Ignacio Chávez. Hospital General de México. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, Mexico.
Luis
L
Alcocer
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
Elisa
E
Zárate-Chavarría
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico.
Emma
E
Mendoza-Castelán
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Ivonne
I
Olivares-Corichi
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Rubén
R
García-Sánchez
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Yolanda
Y
Martínez-Marroquín
Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación. Escuela Superior de Medicina. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, DF, Mexico.
Israel
I
Ramírez-Sánchez
Unidad Cardiovascular. Hospital Regional 1.(o) de Octubre del ISSSTE, México, DF, Mexico. Electronic address: lalitomini@prodigy.net.mx.
Eduardo
E
Meaney
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014504:Urban Health; D014505:Urban Population
Factores de riesgo; Hipertensión; Hypertension; Lipids; Lípidos; Mexico; México; Obesidad; Obesity; Risk factors; Smoking; Tabaquismo