Introduction:

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in the world. The estimation of the Cardiovascular Risk (CVR) could both reduce the burden of the illness and improve the quality of life of the patients.

Objective:

To estimate the CVR in adult patients without a suspicion of having high pressure readings in a Clinic of Family Medicine in Mexico City.

Methods:

This is a descriptive and transversal study with a sample of 101 male and female patients in the range of 40 to 69 years old, who did not have a previous hypertension diagnosis but who, at the moment of this study, showed high tension readings. The American Heart Association 2017 criteria were used. The cardiovascular risk was assessed using the ASCVD-Risk Estimator Plus.

Results:

Arterial hypertension readings were found in 55.4 % of the sample. 54.4 % of the sample met the criteria for low risk, 11.8 % for limit risk, 25.7 % for medium risk, and 7.9 % for high risk. The most prevalent factors associated with cardiovascular risk were type 2 diabetes mellitus, overweight, obesity, and hypertension.

Discussion:

An important percentage of the sample showed cardiovascular risk to some degree, suggesting that perhaps using stricter parameters to define hypertension could prompt more timely interventions.

Conclusion:

Considering both the high percentage of participants who demonstrated having a cardiovascular risk of concern and the high prevalence of risk factors such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension, and overweight, timely monitoring interventions should be promoted in order to prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases.