Cardiovascular risk factors: differences between ethnic groups
Noeli das Neves Toledo, Gilsirene Scantelbury de Almeida, Miharu Maguinoria Matsuura Matos, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, Luis Cuadrado Martín, Roberto Jorge da Silva Franco, Evelyne Marie Therese Mainbourg
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: to compare the metabolic, anthropometric, tobacco and alcohol consumption indicators considered as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, as well as the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics between indigenous from Rio Negro, Sateré-Mawé, mixed-race/black and white people living in the city of Manaus. METHODS: a cross-sectional observational study guided by the STROBE tool. There was a sample of 191 adults of both sexes. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure and biochemical analyzes were performed. Statistical test was applied to cross color/race/ethnicity variable with the investigated variables. RESULTS: indigenous had better metabolic and anthropometric indicators related to cardiovascular diseases than mixed-race/black and white, as well as Sateré-Mawé in relation to Rionegrinos (from Rio Negro). CONCLUSIONS: the main differences were obesity, dyslipidemia, pre-systemic arterial hypertension/systemic arterial hypertension, and increased circumferences, with a worse situation for mixed-race/black people. The findings indicate differences in risk factors between race/color and ethnicity groups evaluated.