Introduction: Cardiopathies are a set of diseases that affect the heart. Life habits
such as alcoholism, smoking, physical inactivity and inadequate food consumption
predisposes to the development of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To
characterize the dietary profile, elitism and smoking of cardiopathic patients of a
reference hospital. Methodology: Crosssectional observational study on eating
habits, alcoholism and smoking in cardiopathic patients. Sociodemographic (gender
and age group), lifestyle (smoking, alcoholism and physical exercise), anthropometric
(waist circumference), laboratory (HDL and LDL) and dietary data (food frequency
questionnaire) were collected. Software Excel (2010) and Bioestat 5.0 were used for
statistical analyses. Results: The sample was composed of 82 patients (adults and
elderly) being 82.9% male. Among the patients evaluated in the HCGV, there was
statistical significance regarding smoking (p<0,05), highlighting the former smokers
and nonsmokers, alcoholism (p<0,05) with higher prevalence of former alcoholics
and nonalcoholics, and for the consumption of fried foods (p<0,05) and no addition
of extra salt (p<0,05) to the meal. Regarding food frequency, there was significant
daily and weekly intake for the fruit and vegetable groups. For food groups, whole
grains, oilseeds and olive oil there was preponderance of rare or never. Conclusion:
The data regarding gender, smoking, alcoholism, fried food consumption and addition
of extra salt to meal were statistically significant. There was no statistical significance
between exercise practice data, waist circumference and laboratory data. Also, in the
correlation with the other food groups evaluated and the lipoprotein values. Low daily
fruit intake was associated with higher LDL levels and frequent weekly consumption
of grilled foods in hot coals was associated with lower HDL levels.
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