Determination of scales related to cardiovascular risk and fatty liver in 5.370 spanish farmers

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although these pathologies mainly affect the elderly, they also affect younger people. Material and methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out in 5.370 Spanish farmers (3.695 men and 1.675 women) with a mean age of approximately 41 years. Different indeces of overweight and obesity, fatty liver, atherogenic indices, cardiovascular risk scores, metabolic syndrome and other indicators related to cardiovascular risk were analyzed. Results: Approximately 20% of our workers presented obesity, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia. Around 40% had hypercholesterolemia. We found a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome, fatty liver and high values of REGICOR and SCORE cardiovascular risk scores. Conclusions: Despite the low mean age of our farmers, the prevalence of altered values of the different scores related to cardiovascular risk can be considered high.