Introduction:

Lifestyle is the set of behaviors that a person habitually practices consciously and voluntarily during the course of his life. The evaluation of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk factors allows to take preventive measures for the benefit of health.

Objective:

To determine the lifestyle and its relationship with the cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk of health professionals of the Hospital Regional of Encarnación, Paraguay.

Methodology:

Observational, prospective, descriptive study of transversal type, with analytical component. Lifestyle was identified through a questionnaire, cardiovascular risk using the ASCVD Risk Estimator calculator and cardiometabolic risk according to waist circumference. The nutritional status was assessed through anthropometric measurements and the percentage of body fat by bioelectrical impedance analysis.

Results:

Seventy nine percent of the health professionals presented a little unhealthy and unhealthy lifestyle. High cardiometabolic risk (78%) and low cardiovascular risk were found at 10 years (91%). The lifetime cardiovascular risk found was 36±9%.

Conclusion:

A negative, statistically significant association was found between lifestyle and cardiovascular-cardiometabolic risk.

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