e 399Objective: The body mass index (BMI) is well-established in terms of cardiovascular risk, yet it is still underused in clinical practice and not included in cardiovascular risk scores. Our objective was to relate the BMI to the risk score for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), based on the joint recommendations of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for assessment of cardiovascular risk.Design and method: Retrospective analysis of clinical and laboratory data in a population of 210 patients, over 65 years of age, followed in a primary care center. We valued the data needed to calculate the cardiovascular risk at 10 years, available at http://tools.cardiosource.org/ASCVD-Risk-Estimator/: ethnicity, gender, systolic blood pressure (SBP-mmHg), treatment for hypertension (TxHT) irrespective of the therapeutic agent, diabetes mellitus (DM), smoking (SK), total cholesterol (TCmg/dl) and HDL cholesterol (HDL-mg/dl). BMI was calculated for every patient. Two groups were created according to of BMI less than 30 Kg/m 2 (Group 0), or BMI equal to or greater than 30 Kg/m 2 (Group 1). The two groups were compared (SPSS, Chicago Illinois, version 20) as to age, risk factors and the 10-Year ASCVD risk score (%). Linear correlation was performed between BMI and TC, HDL, PAS and the 10-Year ASCVD risk score.Results: All patients were of Caucasian ethnicity. The comparison between the two groups is expressed in the table below. Linear correlations were: BMI vs CT: R 2 = 0.002; BMI vs HDL: R 2 = 0.006; BMI vs PAS: R 2 = 0.002; BMI vs 10-Year ASCVD risk score: R 2 = 0.061 (see graph). Conclusions:In this population, the presence of obesity relates to the presence of DM, to a greater therapeutic use and it appears to clearly influence the cardiovascular risk. BMI has a better correlation with ASCVD than the risk factors studied. excretion and systolic blood pressure (BP) (r 2 = 0.13 p < 0.001) as well as diastolic BP (r 2 = 0.07 p < 0.001) and a weak negative correlation with nadir CD4(+) count (r 2 = 0.02 p < 0.05). 0263-6352Conclusions: Hypertension, DM and hypercholesterolemia were associated with microalbuminuria and high-normal albuminuria in HIV-1(+) patients. A positive correlation was observed among albumin urinary excretion and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in these subjects.Objective: To investigate the cardiovascular profile and its relation to reported cardiovascular diseases and death in the main hospitals in the Emirate. Design and method:It is a retrospective case control cohort. Two reports were generated from the electronic medical records and merged to identify patients who did WEQAYA, the national preventive screening program, and were admitted in the hospitals from 2008. Included patients were those who were only reported of the studies outcomes after at least a month of their WEQAYA screening. Not all WEQAYA data was accessed, only around100,000 patients, and from them only 5129 admissions could be tracked. SPSS version 21 was used in analysis and regres...
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