Relationship between sociodemographic variables and tobacco consumption with vascular age values using the Framinghan model in 336.450 spanish workers.

Abstract

[eng] Introduction: Traditionally, risk scales have been used to assess the probability of presenting a cardiovascular event in a given period. In recent years, tools have been developed to assess cardiovascular risk by estimating the age of the vascular tree. Material and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 336450 Spanish workers in which vascular age was calculated using the Framingham model and the number of years lost (ALLY). The relationship of ALLY of vascular age with different sociodemographic variables (age, sex and social class) and tobacco consumption was also determined. Results: In our study, the cut-off points for considering ALLY of vascular age with the Framingham model as moderate at 10 years and high at 18 years were established. Both the mean values and the prevalence of high vascular-age ALLY values increased in men, with increasing age, in people from the most disadvantaged social classes, and in those who smoked. The multivariate analysis showed that the sociodemographic variables analyzed and smoking increased the risk of presenting moderate or high ALLY, of which the one that increased the risk the most was age followed by smoking. Conclusions: The cut-off points for moderate and high ALLY are 10 and 18 years respectively. Male sex, age, belonging to lower social classes and smoking increase the ALLY values for vascular age with the Framingham model.