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<journal-id>1659-4266</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cuadernos de Investigación UNED]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-4266</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1659-42662021000100013</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22458/urj.v13i1.3398</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Circunferencia de la cintura como predictor de factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en residentes costarricenses de 60 años y más]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carballo Alfaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Maricela]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Escuela de Matemática]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Nacional de Geriatría y Gerontología Departamento de Farmacia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-42662021000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Existe un efecto negativo de la obesidad abdominal sobre la salud de los adultos mayores.  Objetivo:  Investigar la relación entre la circunferencia de cintura (CC) y los factores de riesgo metabólico asociados a la enfermedad cardiovascular en esta población.  Métodos:  El estudio incluye 2 418 personas participantes en el proyecto Costa Rica: Estudio de Longevidad y Envejecimiento saludable (CRELES). Se calcularon coeficientes de correlación entre la CC y distintos factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular y modelos de regresión logística para calcular la razón de posibilidades que una persona presente un factor de riesgo cardiovascular según los distintos niveles de la CC.  Resultados:  Las personas con cinturas más anchas tienen un mayor riesgo de tener bajo colesterol HDL, altos niveles de triglicéridos, diabetes e hipertensión. En los hombres, la correlación más fuerte fue con los triglicéridos (r = 0,345) y en las mujeres con hemoglobina glicosilada (r = 0,262).  Conclusiones:  El tamaño de la cintura puede predecir algunos factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en residentes de Costa Rica de 60 años y más.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT &#8220;Waist circumference as a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Costa Rican residents aged 60 years and over&#8221;.  Introduction:  There is a negative effect of abdominal obesity on the health of older adults.  Objective:  To investigate the relationship between waist circumference (WC) and metabolic risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease in this population.  Methods:  A population cross-sectional study with a total of 2 418 people of the project Costa Rica: Longevity and Healthy Aging Study and referred to as CRELES. Spearman's correlation coefficient was calculated to estimate the correlations between WC with different risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Logistic regression analyses to calculate the odds ratio of a person presenting a cardiovascular risk factor according to the different WC levels.  Results:  People with wider waists are at greater risk of low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides, diabetes and hypertension. In men, the strongest correlation was with triglycerides (r = 0,345), and in women with glycosylated hemoglobin (r = 0,262).  Conclusions:  Waist size can predict some risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Costa Rican residents aged 60 years and over.]]></p></abstract>
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