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  • Title: [Risk factors in the elderly. A study of 143 patients].
    Author: Gil Extremera B, Avilés Puertas J, Maldonado Martín A, Fernández Soriano M.
    Journal: An Med Interna; 1997 Oct; 14(10):495-9. PubMed ID: 9424138.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: Growing old is a process of natural diminish with decrease of biological answer to extrinsic and intrinsic factors and a bigger risk of presenting cardiovascular and metabolic processes. The aim of this study has been to analyse the incidence of cardiovascular factors in an aged population from Almería. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The group is by 172 patients (29 gave up); average global age 72.6 +/- 6.1 (85 women and 58 men). In all cases history and a whole clinic exam have been undertaken; general analytical study (glucose, creatinine, hepatic function cholesterol, HDL-c, LDL-c, trigliceride fibrinogen, microalbuminuria, etc.); blood pressure. STATISTICS: T Students, varianza analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. RESULTS: With regard to overweight, this was bigger in women (32.1 +/- 4.8 Kg/m2) in relation to men (27.9 +/- 4 Kg/m2). The most frequent risk factor has been hypertension (50.3%) followed by over weight-obesity (46.8%) and hypercholesterolemia (45.4%), only 11.2% did not present any risk factor; shile three factors appeared in 29.5%. Hypertension patients have more risk factors (increase of cholesterol and triglicerids, obesity, diabetes) than normotensive old patients; also diabetic patients have a bigger cardiovascular and lipid risk than non diabetic patients. The ingestion of estatinas or fibrates improves the lipid profile of old patients. In summarizing, conventional therapy can improve the cardiologic and metabolic situation, decreasing so the morbidity and mortality of old patients.
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