Estimation of cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women according to the intensity of the climacteric syndrome and cardiometabolic vulnerability

Abstract

Introduction: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the first cause of death of women in Cuba and the world.
Objective: To estimate the cardiovascular risk in middle-aged women according to the intensity of the climacteric syndrome and cardiometabolic vulnerability.
Methods: Descriptive, retrospective, cross-sectional study in middle-aged women from the Santa Clara municipality, Villa Clara province from 2020 to 2021. The statistical analysis was carried out in two stages, descriptive and inferential analysis.
Results: The mean of the studied variables resulted with risk values. Central obesity was detected in 96.7% of the sample and general obesity in 95%. Of the 59 women who reported headache, 98.30% had a waist-hip ratio greater than 88. All the women who
reported headache and hot flashes had an abdominal circumference greater than 88 and of the 47 who reported insomnia, all had a waist-index hip greater than 88. The Castelli index is greater than 4.5 in 86.44% of the women who reported headache and in 82.92%
of those who reported sweating. All women with high cardiovascular risk have cardiometabolic vulnerability. Five of them have cardiometabolic vulnerability with very high cardiovascular risk (83.33%) and moderate risk (88.88%).
Conclusions: Cardiovascular risk markers were found in middle-aged women with cardiometabolic vulnerability according to the intensity of the climacteric syndrome.