OBJECTIVE: Evaluate cardiovascular risk factors, with emphasis on hypertension and adiposity, present in alcoholics abstinent or not abstinent. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study with 65 alcoholic patients in treatment in CAPSad. The degree of alcohol dependence was assessed by SADD (Short Alcohol Dependence Data) and the use of other drugs by ASSIST (Alcohol Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test). We evaluated the biochemical and anthropometric profile users. RESULTS: The study included 42 men and 23 women. The majority of the participants (67.74%) presented severe alcohol dependence with alcohol use mainly associated with smoking (66.15%). The average waist circumference (WC) was significantly higher among abstinent compared to non-abstinent (AB: 88.15 ± 15.95 x NA: 81.04 ± 9.86, p = 0.03). Patients longer abstinent had higher overweight/obesity and abdominal adiposity (WC) than non-abstinent and recent abstinent with odds ratio of 5.25. The abstainers had odds ratios of 3.38 for% BF above average, regardless of time of abstinence. CONCLUSION: Abstinent alcoholic patients have more overweight/obesity, body (% BF) and abdominal (WC) adiposity than non-abstinent. Multidisciplinary care is important in the treatment of alcoholics with approach for cardiovascular risk factors, especially avoiding weight gain.
Alcoholism; addiction; cholesterol; nutrition assessment; cardiovascular risk
