RT Journal Article
T1 Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Spain: A Systematic Review
A1 Sacramento Pacheco, Jennifer
A1 Sánchez Gómez, María Begoña
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Novo Muñoz, Mercedes
A1 Duarte Climents, Gonzalo
AB Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in Spain, according to data fromthe National Institute of Statistics, with the lack of control of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF)being the main contributing factor. The CVRFs of greatest clinical interest are high blood pressure(HBP), smoking, diabetes mellitus (DM2), overweight, obesity, hypercholesterolaemia, and sedentarylifestyle. The main objective of this review was to compare the prevalence of the different CVRFsaccording to population-based studies carried out in Spain. For this, a systematic review based onpublications assessing CVRFs in the adult population and estimating their national prevalence wasconducted. Pubmed and Dialnet databases were consulted, and the selected articles were analysedusing the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Español (CASPe) tool for cohort studies and the Berraet al. tool for cross-sectional studies. A total of 33 studies were obtained from the autonomous regionsof Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Castilla-Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, theBalearic Islands, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarra. In all the population-based studies, there was agreater representation of women in the sample. The most prevalent CVRFs differed across the studiesaccording to the autonomous region targeted, with dyslipidaemia, sedentary lifestyle, high bloodpressure, hypercholesterolaemia, overweight, and obesity standing out. Numerous differences existbetween the studies included in this review, such as the age range, the CVRFs analysed and theirprevalence, and remarkable aspects such as the over-representation of the female sex in all cases.It can be concluded that, based on the presented results, the prevalence of CVRFs in Spain variesaccording to the autonomous region, the sex of the individual, and the studied age range.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-11-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22709
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22709
LA eng
NO Sacramento-Pacheco, J., Sánchez-Gómez, M. B., Gómez-Salgado, J., Novo-Muñoz, M. M., & Duarte-Clíments, G. (2023). Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Spain: A Systematic Review. In Journal of Clinical Medicine (Vol. 12, Issue 21, p. 6944). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12216944
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 28 may 2026