For decades, western countries have witnessed cardiovascular diseases leading the statistics for cause of death. In Brazil, diseases of the circulatory system (DCS) represent a major cause of death, accounting, in 2011, for 28.6% of all mortality causes. […]

Abstract Background: Risk scores are tools used to indicate the probability of occurrence of a certain cardiovascular event and to previously identify individuals at low, medium, and high risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To establish the cardiovascular risk of users of a cardiovascular health attention program of a university, and assess its association with lifestyle, clinical, sociodemographic data, and other cardiometabolic risk markers. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a sample of 197 participants. Demographic, anthropometric, clinical, and metabolic […]