Nivel de riesgo cardiovascular global de los trabajadores de una empresa de seguridad física de la ciudad de Santiago de Cali en el año 2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of global cardiovascular risk of the workers of a physical security company in the city of Santiago de Cali in 2018. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study on a database provided by an occupational health and safety IPS (3,016 employees). RESULTS: The highest proportion of men (93.64%), 86.54% of the workers evaluated do not report smoking tobacco or cigarettes, 71.9% of the workers of the physical security company evaluated present a low level of risk for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) a 5 years; while 10.2% have a high level of risk. CONCLUSION: Significant statistical differences were found between the male gender being 8.7 times more likely of a Cardio Vascular event than the female gender. From the age of 50 the RCV is increased by 45 times. Smokers are 6.5 times more likely to have a CV event. Workers with SBP greater than 120 mm Hg are 4 times more likely to have CV disease. The presence of diabetes mellitus alone increases the CVR by 16.8 times.