Buscar en
Medicina Clínica (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Medicina Clínica (English Edition) Cardiovascular risk assessment in elderly adults using SCORE OP model in a Latin...
Journal Information
Vol. 150. Issue 3.
Pages 92-98 (February 2018)
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
2
Vol. 150. Issue 3.
Pages 92-98 (February 2018)
Original article
Cardiovascular risk assessment in elderly adults using SCORE OP model in a Latin American population: The experience from Ecuador
Evaluación del riesgo cardiovascular en adultos mayores utilizando el modelo SCORE OP en una población latinoamericana: experiencia en Ecuador
Visits
2
Ivan Sisaa,b
a Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador
b Clinical and Translational Science Graduate Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States
This item has received
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (2)
Tables (3)
Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study participants.
Table 2. Reclassification table comparing 5-year risk strata for models that include SCORE.OP High risk and SCORE.OP Low risk.
Table 3. Comparison among cardiovascular risk categories according to SCORE.OP-Low risk model (5 yr).
Show moreShow less
Additional material (1)
Abstract
Introduction and objective

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is predicted to increase in Latin America countries due to their rapidly aging population. However, there is very little information about CVD risk assessment as a primary preventive measure in this high-risk population.

Material and methods

We predicted the national risk of developing CVD in Ecuadorian elderly population using the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation in Older Persons (SCORE OP) High and Low models by risk categories/CVD risk region in 2009. Data on national cardiovascular risk factors were obtained from the Encuesta sobre Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento. We computed the predicted 5-year risk of CVD risk and compared the extent of agreement and reclassification in stratifying high-risk individuals between SCORE OP High and Low models. Analyses were done by risk categories, CVD risk region, and sex.

Results

In 2009, based on SCORE OP Low model almost 42% of elderly adults living in Ecuador were at high risk of suffering CVD over a 5-year period. The extent of agreement between SCORE OP High and Low risk prediction models was moderate (Cohen's kappa test of 0.5), 34% of individuals approximately were reclassified into different risk categories and a third of the population would benefit from a pharmacologic intervention to reduce the CVD risk.

Conclusions

Forty-two percent of elderly Ecuadorians were at high risk of suffering CVD over a 5-year period, indicating an urgent need to tailor primary preventive measures for this vulnerable and high-risk population.

Keywords:
Cardiovascular diseases
Risk assessment
Elderly population
Ecuador
Resumen
Introducción y objetivo

La mortalidad por enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) se incrementará en América Latina debido al rápido envejecimiento de su población. Sin embargo, existe poca información sobre la evaluación del riesgo de ECV como medida de prevención primaria en este grupo de alto riesgo.

Material y métodos

Se predijo el riesgo nacional de desarrollar ECV en la población adulta mayor ecuatoriana utilizando los modelos Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation in Older Persons (SCORE OP) High y Low, por categorías de riesgo y región en el año 2009. Se obtuvieron datos nacionales sobre factores de riesgo cardiovascular de la Encuesta sobre Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento. Se calculó el riesgo a 5 años de desarrollar ECV y comparamos el grado de concordancia/reclasificación entre modelos SCORE OP High y Low para estratificar a los individuos con alto riesgo. Se realizaron análisis por categoría de riesgo, región y sexo.

Resultados

En 2009, según SCORE OP Low, aproximadamente el 42% de los adultos mayores en Ecuador tuvieron un alto riesgo de presentar ECV en un período de 5 años. El grado de concordancia entre los modelos de predicción SCORE OP High y Low fue moderado (prueba de kappa: 0,5), alrededor del 34% de los individuos fueron reclasificados en diferente categoría de riesgo y un tercio de la población se hubiera beneficiado de una intervención farmacológica para reducir el riesgo de ECV.

Conclusiones

El 42% de la población adulta mayor ecuatoriana tuvo un alto riesgo de presentar ECV en un período de 5 años, mostrando una urgente necesidad de intervención de prevención primaria en esta población vulnerable de alto riesgo.

Palabras clave:
Enfermedad cardiovascular
Evaluación de riesgo
Población adulta mayor
Ecuador

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Medicina Clínica (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Medicina Clínica (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
Supplemental materials
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos

Quizás le interese:
10.1016/j.medcle.2020.08.017
No mostrar más