Alteraciones vasculares en ancianos de un área de salud de Santiago de Cuba Vascular diseases in old men of a health area in Santiago de Cuba

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 65 old men, belonging to the health area of “Armando Garcia Aspuru” Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, was carried from January to May, 2012, with the aim of determining the vascular diseases in them by means of the reactive hyperemia test made with the digital photoplethysmograph Angiodin ® PD 3000. The statistical association among the clinical variables was settled down through the chi-squared test, with a significance lower than 0.05. Among the outstanding results there were the 60-69 years age group (49.2%) and the female sex (72.3%). Also, the macroangiopathy prevailed in 80.0% of old men, with no dependence on the age, although it was dependent on the sex, where men were the most affected ones. The more frequent risk factor was hypercholesterolemia that was dependent on the carried out test, followed by the familiar history of diabetes mellitus. Words key: old man, reactive hyperemia, vascular diseases, macroangiopathy, microangiopathy, hypercholesterolemia, primary health care.