Objective: The objective of this research is to demonstrate the nutritional status of patients with
cardiovascular diseases admitted to a reference hospital in the State of Pará. Methodology: The
research was made at Fundação Hospital de Clínicas Gaspar Vianna (FHCGV), in Belém-Pará.
This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical, carried out from August 2018 to March 2020,
with 76 adult and elderly patients hospitalized with cardiovascular disease. To carry out the
research, a protocol was used that included socioeconomic, demographic, clinical, behavioral,
dietary information, family history of diseases, biochemical and anthropometric parameters.
For analytical statistics, Student's t test was used and for correlation analysis, Spearman's
correlation test was used. The significance level of alpha at 5% was adopted. Results: 76
patients were evaluated, with a mean age of 60.38±10.48, with a minimum age of 34 years and
a maximum of 82. The prevalence of elderly individuals was 52.63% (n=40), male 78.95%
(n=60). As for education, most had incomplete primary education 55.26% (n=42), followed by
23.68% (n=18) illiterate. It was identified that from the total, 72.37% (n=55) of the patients had
a diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Regarding nutritional status, 41.67% (n=15) of
adults and 55% (n=22) of elderly patients were in a eutrophic state. In the adequacy of arm
circumference, a prevalence of normal weight was identified 61.84% (n=47), and 82.99%
(n=63) had increased risk for increased neck circumference, and 76.32% (n=58) for increased
waist circumference. Through the mini nutritional assessment, it was possible to identify that
the majority of the elderly were at risk of malnutrition, 65% (n=26). In the analysis of behavioral
habits, it was possible to observe that 46.05% (n=35) are ex-alcoholics, and 52.36% (n=40) are
ex-smokers. Conclusion: CVD mostly affected male individuals, with low education and family
income. Being associated with hypertension and diabetes. A large portion presents nutritional
risk, whether due to underweight or overweight, which is aggravated by the elevation of the
parameters of waist circumference and neck circumference.
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