Introduction: Cardiovascular risk factors have been measured under different conditions, there is some missing information related to specific occupations, such as penitentiary staff which due to their characteristics could have an increased cardiovascular risk. Objective: To determine cardiovascular risk factors on military staff from penitentiary institutions in Santander—Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 182 workers. Anthropometric parameters, blood pressure, serum lipid profile, and glucose levels were measured. Univariate and bivariate analyses were carried out to establish differences between individuals. Results: Anthropometric and biochemical measures showed that 71.3% participants were overweight or obese, 29.4% presented high blood pressure with increased levels of total cholesterol (27.5%), triglycerides (40.7%), glucose (9.3%), and 84.1% presented low levels of HDL cholesterol. Bivariate analysis found a negative correlation between BMI and HDL cholesterol (p < .05) and a positive correlation between BMI with triglycerides (p < .01), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p < .01). Conclusion: The studied military population presented increased levels of cardiovascular risk in comparison with a similar group in age, gender of nonmilitary individuals. However, it is important to carry out comparative studies between military staff in order to determine the prevalence and other risk predicting factors present in this specific population.
AlghamdiA. S.YahyaM. A.AlshammariG. M.OsmanM. A. (2017). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among police officers in Riyadh city and risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Lipids in Health and Disease, 16(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-017-0467-9
2.
AljasirB. A.Al-MugtiH. S.AlosaimiM. N.Al-MugatiA. S. (2017). Evaluation of the national guard health promotion program for chronic diseases and comorbid conditions among military personnel in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia, 2016. Military Medicine, 182(11), e1973–e1980. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00166
3.
Blanco-ÄlvarezT.ThoenM. (2017, junio). Factores asociados al estrés laboral en policias penitenciarios costarricenses. Revista costarricense de psicología, 36(1), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.22544/rcps.v36i01.03
4.
Bringas-MolledaC.Fernandez-MuñizA.Alvarez-FresnoE.Martínez-CorderoA.Rodriguez-DiazF. (2015). Influencia en el síndrome de burnout en la salud de los trabajadores penitenciarios. Revista Espanola De Sanidad Penitenciaria, 17(3), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.4321/S1575-06202015000300002
5.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(2020).Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among adults: United States. 2017-2018 (NCHS Data Brief No. 360). https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db360.htm#:~:text=%2C%202017%E2%80%932018.- ,What%20was%20the%20prevalence%20of%20severe%20obesity%20among%20adults%20in,%25)%20than%20men%20(6.9%25).
6.
ConleyT.EnriquezM.ChengA.-L.JorgeD.MeristalS. Y.CoeB.LoganP. R.StilesS.BeallG.BiggsA.McKinseyD. S. (2019). The Jonas hypertension program: An academic–community partnership to address hypertension in four Dominican Bateyes. Hispanic Health Care International, 17(1), 11–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1540415318819487
7.
da-SilvaC. A. C.LeiteA. L., Faculdade Santa Maria, MoreiraJ. A., Faculdade Santa Maria, AbreuD. D. C., Faculdade Santa Maria, de OliveiraP. E. A., Faculdade Santa Maria, NunesD. P., Universidade Federal do Tocantins, MagalhãesM. I. S., Faculdade Santa Maria, SilvaJ. B. N. F., & Universidade Federal do Tocantins. (2019). Association of dyslipidemia, hypertension and overweight/obesity with work shift and duration of employment among police officers in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho, 17(4), 537–544. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1679443520190401
8.
DaviglusM. L.PirzadaA.TalaveraG. A. (2014). Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Hispanic/Latino population: Lessons from the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 57(3), 230–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2014.07.006
9.
DouglasK. E.OraekesiC. K. (2015). Prevalence of hypertension among firefighters in rivers state, south-south, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Medicine: Journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria, 24(3), 213–222. PMID: 27487592
GendronP.LajoieC.LaurencelleL.TrudeauF. (2018). Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Québec male firefighters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(6), e300–e306. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001309
12.
Gómez-LeónA.MoralesS.ÁlvarezC. (2016). Técnica para una correcta toma de la presión arterial en el paciente ambulatorio. Revista de la facultad de medicina de la UNAM, 59(3), 49–55.
HanM.ParkS.ParkJ. H.HwangS.-S.KimI. (2018). Do police officers and firefighters have a higher risk of disease than other public officers? A 13–year nationwide cohort study in South Korea. BMJ Open, 8(1), e019987. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019987
HrubyA.BulathsinhalaL.McKinnonC. J.HillO. T.MontainS. J.YoungA. J.SmithT. J. (2017). Body mass index at accession and incident cardiometabolic risk factors in US army soldiers, 2001–2011. PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0170144. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170144
JahangiryL.FarhangiM. A.RezaeiF. (2017). Framingham risk score for estimation of 10-years of cardiovascular diseases risk in patients with metabolic syndrome. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 36(1), 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-017-0114-0
19.
JanakJ. C.PérezA.AlamgirH.OrmanJ. A.CooperS. P.ShuvalK.DeFinaL.BarlowC. E.GabrielK. P. (2017). U.S. Military service and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome: Findings from a cross-sectional analysis of the Cooper center longitudinal study, 1979–2013. Preventive Medicine, 95, 52–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.11.017
20.
Lima Lima-dos-SantosA.Domingo-GomesJ.Sousa DantasO.de SousaM. (2018). Aptidão física relacionada à saúde de policiais militares da Paraíba. Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Trabalho, 16(4), 429–435. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1679443520180304
21.
Palmett-RíosH. E. (2017). Estudio transversal sobre estilos de vida saludable y su relación con el colesterol HDL en la población adulta. Revista Colombiana de Cardiología, 24(5), 523–531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2017.05.013
22.
ParkashJ.KalhanM.SinghaniaK.PuniaA.KumarB.KaushalP. (2019). Prevalence of hypertension and its determinants among policemen in a city of Haryana, India. International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research, 9(3), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_356_18
23.
Resolución 8430 de (1993). [Ministerio de Salud]. Por la cual se establecen las normas científicas, técnicas y administrativas para la investigación en salud.
StraussM.FoshagP.BrzekA.VollenbergR.JehnU.LeischikR. (2020). Metabolic syndrome in female police officers and female office workers: A cross-sectional study in occupations with different physical activities. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 13, 3487–3495. https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S267948
WestG. F.JefferyD. D. (2018). Utilizing selected social determinants and behaviors to predict obesity in military personnel. Public Health Nursing, 35(1), 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12383
WrightB. R.Barbosa-LeikerC.HoekstraT. (2011). Law enforcement officer versus non-law enforcement officer status as a longitudinal predictor of traditional and emerging cardiovascular risk factors. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 53(7), 730–734. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318220c2da
