Risco cardiovascular em praticantes de musculação em uma academia de São Luís

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) were responsible for 70% of population mortality globally. Among the main types of NCDs, Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are one of the leading causes of mortality in the past two decades, where cardiovascular risk factors (CVR) are the main responsible for their cause. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relations between

lifestyle and CVR in over 40 years-old-bodybuilders. METHODOLOGY: This is a cross- sectional analytical field research, carried out in a gym in São Luís, MA, from September to

October 2022, with the number of participants defined by the sample calculation for the finite population, adopting a confidence level of 95% and admitting a sample error of 5, totaling 48 of 54 participants. The research was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee (ERC) of UNDB, under opinion number 5,621,866. RESULTS: A total of 48 participants were evaluated, being 85.71% women and 14.29% men, with an average age of 51.71 ± 7.80 years, in which all participants classified their lifestyles as adequate; however, regarding the anthropometric measures, 37.50% of the participants presented predictive numbers for CVR. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the participants' self-perception of lifestyle was considered adequate; however, a significant number of participants presented predictive scores for CVR, and their relations with lifestyle was not identified in the respective study.