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GUTIERREZ, Alvaro; SALAZAR, Jorge; MENDEZ, A  e  ROCHA, K. PREVALENCIA DE FACTORES DE RIESGO CORONARIOS EN ADULTOS JÓVENES ESTUDIANTES DE LA UMSA DE LA CIUDAD DE LA PAZ, 2005. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2006, vol.51, n.2, pp. 34-40. ISSN 1652-6776.

Research question What is the prevalence of coronary risk factors in young adult students of UMSA in La Paz in 2005? Objective To determine the prevalence of coronary risk factors in the young adult university population of UMSA. Design Descriptive, cross sectional study Location Student centres of the different faculties of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres Participants 500 students of the different faculties of the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, between 18 and 30 years of age enrolled during the period of 2005. Intervention None Principal measurements Total blood cholesterol, triglicerides, blood pressure, body mass index, pattern of conduct type A, physical activity, and toxical habits. Results The prevalence of coronary risk factors in the students of UMSA reaches a percentage of two (30.8%) and three (27.6%) factors per individual , smoking was found in 33.4%, overweight and obesity in 29.6%, hypertension in 2.8%, hypercholesterolemia in 7.4% and hypertrigliceridemia in 26.4% ; 83.6% showed pattern of conduct type A and 15.2% were physically inactive. Conclusions The results of the present study show that there exist coronary risk factors and that they are widely distributed in the young adult student population of UMSA, the majority having two risk factors. Our results suggest that by having a high degree of cardiovascular risk the students will develop, as is well known, morbility and mortality during the next decades .

Palavras-chave : Coronary risk factors; young adults; UMSA.