Frecuencia de los signos visibles relacionados con el envejecimiento y su asociación con el grado de riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes de servicio de medicina interna del Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, providing 80% of deaths in developing countries. Publications have described the association in presence of people with age-related signs that lead to the apparent discrepancy between chronological age and with cardiovascular disease. The objective of this research was to describe the frequency associated with aging and its association with the degree of cardiovascular risk signs. From the physical examination of 118 patients the presence of three signs associated with aging is sought and the degree of cardiovascular risk was calculated using a scale that uses only clinical parameters obtained from this population. 70 patients had one or more signs of interest, of these, 60 obtained high cardiovascular risk (OR: 8.4; p = 0.001). The groove diagonal earlobe was the most frequent sign and 89% of those who had obtained high cardiovascular risk (OR: 8.43, p = 0.0025). Patients with more than one sign associated with aging at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (OR = 10.73, p = 0.001) than those with only a sign (OR: 7.4, p = 0.001). The presence of signs related to aging with obtaining clinical variables of easy measurement is a simple, inexpensive and valuable tool for early detection and intervention for people at risk of cardiovascular disease or is already established but asymptomatic, allowing use rational use of health resources in our country.