Socioemotional Factors and Cardiovascular Risk: What Is the Relationship in Brazilian Older Adults?

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Cardiovascular risk is composed of several modifiable factors that cannot be explained only at the individual level. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between socioemotional factors and cardiovascular risk in older adults.

Research design and methods

A cross-sectional study with data from The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros, ELSI-Brazil), population based with data collected between 2015 and 2016. Cardiovascular risk-the study outcome-was assessed using the WHO/ISH Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Charts. The exposure variables were perceived social support from those who would receive help in situations and productive and leisurely social participation carried out in th

SUBMITTER: Correa VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506174 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature