Cardivascular Health Of Military Instructors Shooting

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases have been considered a major public health problem, causing great demands and high costs in hospital care. It can be seen in this study, risk factors of a coronary in the Military Brigade shooting instructors. The research, transversal, was carried out by structured interview, hemodynamic evaluation and laboratory tests as the VI Brazilian Guidelines on Hypertension. Data analysis, we used statistical tests using the SPSS program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) considering p <0.05. The group was made up of 22 military Police officers shootingin structors, predominantly male. There was the prevalence of the following coronary risk factors: glucose 3 (13.6%), total cholesterol 8 (36.4%), body mass index 20 (90.9%), low density lipoprotein 17 (77.3%), high density lipoprotein 7 (31,8%), alcohol 15 (68.9%), tobacco 2 (9.1%), blood pressure systemic 9 (41.0%), blood pressure diastolic 6 (27.3%), physical activity level 9 (41.0%). The data draw attention because they deal primarily of public safety professionals, in order to serve the society.