Abstract
Objective: To stratify the cardiovascular risk of the elderly patients with metabolic syndrome. Methods: This study is a quantitative study using a random simple probabilistic sample of 182 elderly users of the Basic Health Units of a city in the interior of Paraíba, in which was collected sociodemographic, anthropometric and biochemical laboratory. The data were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics, t Student teste, Qui-Square test, Fisher exact test e Kruskal Wallis test for correlation of variables, diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome by the NCEP-ATPIII criteria and cardiovascular risk stratification in 10 years according to Framingham Score. Results: The percentage of participants diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome and classified by Framingham Score were 19.84% for low risk, 34.92% for moderate risk and 45.23% for high risk, of the latter, 40.59% were of the sex female. The presence of the metabolic syndrome was statistically significant for the distribution of the cardiovascular risk, increasing by 2.14 times for the general sample, with a higher level for the female sex (3.74x). Conclusion: The population of this study had a high cardiovascular risk, in addition to the relevant prevalence of the risk factors used in Framingham Score and metabolic syndrome classification.