Objective: Investigating in elderly frequenters of a club for elderly people of João Pessoa/Paraíba, prevalence of comorbidity and use of self-referred medicines, blood pressure and capillary glycaemia, as risk factors those contribute to the appearance of cardiovascular diseases.Method: Study with 84 elderly, using a questionnaire composed of two parts: open-ended questions on socio-demographic variables, comorbidities and medicines self-referred; and verification of the capillary glycaemia and blood pressure.The analysis was performed by the program SPSS 19.0.Results: It was observed a high prevalence of elderly with hypertension and diabetes self-referred and that the greater number of medications used are those related to the cardiovascular system.It is highlighted the portion of the study group with rates of glycaemia and high blood pressure, but are unaware of it.Conclusion: The data reinforce the necessity of supervision and control, rationalization, humanization and awareness by the managers and professionals working with elderly.Descriptors: