International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 01/out/2019;32(5):517-26.
Cardiovascular Risk and Metabolic Syndrome in Individuals with Mental Disorders
DOI: 10.5935/2359-4802.20190027
Background:
Patients with mental disorders are more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders compared to the general population.
Objective:
To evaluate cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome in individuals with mental disorders.
Materials and methods:
A cross-sectional study, conducted at the Psychosocial Care Centers. Socioeconomic, clinical, biochemical and anthropometric data were collected using a standard form. Cardiovascular risk was assessed by the Framingham risk score. Metabolic syndrome (MS) was determined by the World Health- Organization (WHO), the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and associations were evaluated by the chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test, as well as Odds Ratio. The significance level adopted for all statistical tests was 5%.
Results:
The chance of individuals diagnosed with MS be at intermediate-to-high cardiovascular risk was greater (12.22, 8.01 and 6.23 times higher according to WHO, NCEP and IDF criteria, respectively) than those without MS.
Conclusion:
A high percentage of patients with mental disorders were at intermediate / high cardiovascular risk, and this was significantly associated with MS.
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