title: [Cardiovascular risk factors in the population at risk of poverty and social exclusión].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Detect if there are differences in prevalence, distribution of cardiovascular risk factors and risk according to REGICOR and SCORE's function; between people belonging to different occupational classes and population at risk of social exclusion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional. SITE: Occupational health unit of the City Hall of Córdoba.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sample availability of 628 people, excluding 59 by age or incomplete data. The group of municipal workers was obtained randomly while all contracted exclusion risk was taken.
  
  
  METHODS
  No preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic actions that modify the course of the previous situation of workers were applied.
  
  
  METHODS
  Smoke, glucose, lipids, blood pressure and BMI as main variables. T-student were used for comparison of means and percentages for Chi2. Statistical significance attached to an alpha error <5% and confidence interval with a 95% security. Receiver operator curves (ROC) were employed to find out what explanatory variables predict group membership of workers at risk of exclusion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Smoking (95% CI: -.224;-.443), hypercholesterolemia (95% CI: -.127;-.320), obesity (95% CI: -.005;-0.214), diabetes (95% CI: -.060;-.211) and cardiovascular risk were higher in men at risk of exclusion. In women there were differences in the same variables except smoking (P=.053).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The existence of inequalities in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is checked. In a context of social crisis, health promotion and primary prevention programs directing to the most vulnerable, they are needed to mit.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Seguridad y Salud Laboral, Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, Córdoba, España. Electronic address: craf.19arauco@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Dirección General de Prevención y Protección Ambiental, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaquero-Abellán
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: África
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Ruíz-Gandara
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Seguridad y Salud Laboral, Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romero-Saldaña
authors.affiliation: Distrito Sanitario Guadalquivir (Córdoba), Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Córdoba, España.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Álvarez-López
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class
keywords: Arterial hypertension; Clase social; Desigualdades en la salud; Factores de riesgo; Health inequalities; Hipertensión arterial; Hábito de fumar; Obesidad; Obesity; Risk factor's; Smoking; Social class