Assessment of the cardiovascular risk in female professors at the end of their reproductive period

Abstract

Objective: To assess the cardiovascular risk in female professors at the end of their reproductive period. Method: A cross-sectional quantitative study conducted in a private university in southern Brazil in September 2018, including climacteric or post-menopausal women older than 44 years of age who had measured their cholesterol levels in the last year and who knew their systolic blood pressure level. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected using a structured questionnaire; and the cardiovascular risk (CVR) was measured using the Framingham risk score. Results: There was a difference in the CVR between the phases (climacteric and menopause). All the climacteric women had a low CVR, whereas post-menopausal women were classified into low (73%), intermediate (24.7%), and high (2.2%) CVR risk. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between menopause and increased CVR, justifying the fact that this is yet another risk factor for women.

Keywords

• fatores de risco
• menopausa
• doenças cardiovasculares
• mulheres