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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>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1659-42662020000100169</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22458/urj.v12i1.2662</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Proteína C reactiva, síndrome metabólico y riesgo cardiovascular en la población costarricense nacida entre 1945 y 1955]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[C reactive protein, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in the Costa Rican population born between 1945 and 1955]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carballo Alfaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Maricela]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Escuela de Matemática]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></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[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>169</fpage>
<lpage>180</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-42662020000100169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-42662020000100169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-42662020000100169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Introducción: Varios estudios han mencionado que existe relación entre la proteína C reactiva (PCR) y el síndrome metabólico (SM) y que esta proteína es un factor de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular. Objetivo: Se estudió la relación entre la PCR y el SM en la población costarricense. Métodos: Se consideraron 2 273 personas nacidas en Costa Rica entre 1945 y 1955 participantes en el proyecto CRELES-RC. La definición del SM fue una adaptación de los criterios establecidos por la American Heart Association and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Resultados: La prevalencia del SM aumenta conforme incrementan los niveles de PCR (p&lt; 0,001) y esta prevalencia fue mayor en las mujeres (p&lt; 0,001). La PCR se asoció en forma independiente y positiva con la circunferencia de la cintura y negativa con el colesterol HDL (C-HDL). La asociación más fuerte fue con la circunferencia de la cintura (probabilidad de superioridad (PSup) de 67,8). Después de ajustar por edad, sexo, zona de residencia, tabaquismo y consumo de bebidas alcohólicas, las personas con niveles de PCR ubicados en el cuarto cuartil tienen mayor riesgo de presentar SM en comparación con las que muestran niveles de PCR ubicados en el primer cuartil. Por otro lado, el riesgo cardiovascular fue más alto en personas con altos niveles de PCR. Conclusiones: La PCR está asociada con el SM en las personas costarricenses nacidas entre 1945 y 1955.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Introduction: Several studies have mentioned that there is a relationship between C reactive protein (CRP) and the metabolic syndrome (MS) and that this protein is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Objective: We studied the relationship of CRP with MS in the Costa Rican population. Methods: People born in Costa Rica between 1945 and 1955 and participants in CRELES-RC project were included in the study (n= 2 273). MS was adapted according to the American Heart Association and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute definition. Results:The prevalence of MS increased with elevated CRP levels (p&lt; 0,001) and was higher in women (p&lt; 0,001). CRP was independently and positively associated to waist circumference and negatively associated to HDL-cholesterol. The strongest CRP determinant was waist circumference (PSup= 67,8). After adjustment for age, sex, residence area, smoking and alcohol, in the highest quartile of CRP levels (CRP&gt; 4 mg/L), the risk for MS was higher compared with that in the lowest quartile of CRP levels. Cardiovascular risk was higher in people with high levels of CRP. Conclusions:CRP levels is associated with the MS among Costa Ricans born between 1945 and 1955.]]></p></abstract>
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