IJCS | Volume 32, Nº5, September/October 2019

520 Table 1 - Sociodemographic profile of the study population by sex Sex Total (n = 298) Male (n = 122) Female (n = 176) Age N % N % n (%) > 18 e < 40 70 (57.38) 58 (32.95) 128 (42.95) > 40 e < 60 46 (37.70) 97 (55.11) 143 (47.99) > 60 e < 74 6 (4.92) 21 (11.93) 27 (9.06) Race White 10 (8.2) 12 (6.8) 22 (7.4) Pardo 69 (56.6) 126 (71.6) 195 (65.4) Black 43 (35.2) 38 (21.6) 81 (27.2) School attainment Illiterate 12 (9.8) 7 (4.0) 19 (6.4) Literate 6 (4.9) 3 (1.7) 9 (3.0) Elementary school 60 (49.1) 77 (43.8) 137 (46.0) High school 37 (30.4) 83 (47.1) 120 (40.2) Higher education 7 (5.7) 6 (3.4) 13 (4.4) Civil status Living with a partner (with/without children) 8 (6.6) 43 (24.5) 51 (17.1) Living with family members (without a partner) 110 (90.2) 116 (65.9) 226 (75.9) Living with other people (without a partner) 1 (0.8) 5 (2.8) 6 (2.0) Living alone 3 (2.5) 12 (6.8) 15 (5.0) Income No income 3 (2.5) 7 (4.0) 10 (3.4) < 1 MW 32 (26.2 76 (43.2) 108 (36.2) > 1 MW and < 2 MWs 39 (32.0) 47 (26.7) 86 (28.9) > 2 and < 3 MWs 29 (23.8) 34 (19.3) 63 (21.1) > 3 and < 5 MWs 15 (12.3) 8 (4.5) 23 (7.7) > 5 MWs 4 (3.3) 4 (2.3) 8 (2.7) MW: minimum wage. Cabral Cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2019;32(5):517-526 Original Article patients, low educational attainment, low income, white ethnicity and single. 22,23 With respect to age, in the study by Andrade et al., 24 patients aged between 25 and 59 years were more likely to develop MDs. This would have a great impact on economy, since this age group represents the majority of the economically active population. There is strong evidence that women have a higher propensity to seek health care than men. 25 In addition, studies have indicated an association of MS with female