Hidden atherogenic morbidity in working people according to clinical laboratory indicators

Abstract

Introduction: Atherogenic morbidity often goes unnoticed until complications occur due to its hidden nature during a long stage of life. It is useful to know the metabolic status of each individual, since uncontrolled metabolic status is directly related to increased cardiovascular risk. Objective: To assess the magnitude of hidden atherogenic morbidity in apparently healthy working people. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2214 persons over 18 years of age who attended the Centro Internacional de Salud La Pradera for periodic medical examinations and who reported, according to interrogation, not having had a disease resulting from atherosclerosis, not being diabetic or hypertensive. The variables age, sex, glycemia, lipids and atherogenic indices were analyzed. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated in contingency tables stratified according to variables of interest. We made assessments according to the magnitude of the figures. Results: The mean age was 48.8 years, with a predominance of people between 36 and 50 years of age. Elevated glycemia values were found in women and men between 51 and 65 years of age. Dyslipidemia was characterized by a decrease in high-density lipoproteins and an increase in low-density lipoproteins and total cholesterol. Atherogenic indicators in women showed alterations from early ages and increased proportionally to age, evident from 51 years of age. In men they showed uncontrolled at all ages, evident from the age of 36 years. Conclusions: The magnitude of hidden atherogenic morbidity is very high in relation to carbohydrate and lipid metabolic alterations.

Keywords

• aterosclerosis
• enfermedad cardiovascular aterosclerótica
• factores de riesgo.