Avaliação de fatores de risco cardiovascular em pacientes de um ambulatório de nutrição especializado em perda de peso

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the nutritional profile and the simultaneity of cardiovascular risk factors of patients seen at a nutrition clinic specialized in weight loss, at a Brazilian public university. Cross-sectional study, using data from secondary sources from nutritional records. The sample consisted of 319 individuals, with an average age of 45 years (18 - 84 years) and predominantly female (n = 261; 81.8%). When assessing nutritional status, 4.1% (n = 13) were classified as eutrophic, 8.5% (n = 7) overweight, 20.1% (n = 64) with grade 1 obesity and 63.6% (n = 203) with grade 2 obesity. A high frequency of high waist circumference was observed in 97.4% (n = 190) of women and 90.6% (n = 29) of men. The most prevalent comorbidities were arterial hypertension (n = 169; 53.1%), Diabetes Mellitus (n = 71; 22.3%), dyslipidemia (n = 53; 16.7%), cardiovascular disease (n = 23; 7.2%) and renal failure (n = 8; 2.5%). There was no statistical difference between nutritional status, the frequency of high waist circumference or the prevalence of comorbidities between the sexes (p> 0.05). It was concluded that the studied population presented, in its majority, grade 2 obesity, high abdominal circumference, in addition to predominance of associated arterial hypertension. Studies like this are important in that they allow the characterization of the public that seeks nutritional care for weight loss, in order to assist in the direction and effectiveness of nutritional actions.