Escala Framingham y recomendaciones EULAR como índices de evaluación de riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes entre 30 a 74 años, con artritis reumatoide atendidos en el Hospital General Isidro Ayora de Loja período junio 2021 mayo 2022

Abstract

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with various complications, mainly cardiovascular, and is one of the most common causes of death in these patients, with a risk of myocardial infarction twice that of the general population. There are cardiovascular risk scales (CVR) useful for the general population, but not suitable for patients with RA, since they underestimate this CVR. The purpose of the present study was to analyze cardiovascular risk using the Framingham Scale and recommendations European League Against Rheumatic Diseases EULAR 2015/2016, for this purpose a cross-sectional and retrospective analytical observational study was performed with a sample of 74 patients in an established period of time. A sample composed mostly of women, overweight, was obtained. Antihypertensive treatment, lower cholesterol and positive rheumatoid factor were the most prevalent CVR factors. The Framingham scale classified most of the population as low CVR, while the EULAR-modified CVR was classified as high CVR. Hypertension and antihypertensive treatment were the most positively correlated variables in the EULAR-modified CVR staging.