Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments

Autor: Julia Critchley, Simon Capewell, Martin O'Flaherty, Niveen Abu-Rmeileh, Samer Rastam, Olfa Saidi, Kaan Sözmen, Azza Shoaibi, Abdullatif Husseini, Fouad Fouad, Nadia Ben Mansour, Wafa Aissi, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Belgin Unal, Piotr Bandosz, Kathleen Bennett, Mukesh Dherani, Radwan Al Ali, Wasim Maziak, Hale Arık, Gül Gerçeklioğlu, Deniz Utku Altun, Hatice Şimşek, Sinem Doganay, Yücel Demiral, Özgür Aslan, Nigel Unwin, Peter Phillimore, Nourredine Achour, Waffa Aissi, Riadh Allani, Chokra Arfa, Heidar Abu-Kteish, Deniz Altun, Balsam Ahmad, Latifa Beltaifa, Nabil Ben Salah, Marissa Collins, Madonna Elias, Gül Ergör, Ibtihal Fadhil, Rula Ghandour, Sibel Göğen, Samer Jaber, Sibel Kalaca, Rana Khatib, Rasha Khatib, Saer Koudsie, Bülent Kilic, Olfa Lassoued, Helen Mason, Maher Abou Mayaleh, Nahed Mikki, Ghmaez Moukeh, Martin O. Flaherty, Gojka Roglic, Gül Saatli, Ilhan Satman, Nesrien Soulaiman, Faten Tlili, Nazan Yardim, Shahaduz Zaman
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN: 1874-1754
Popis: Background Middle income countries are facing an epidemic of non-communicable diseases, especially coronary heart disease (CHD). We used a validated CHD mortality model (IMPACT) to explain recent trends in Tunisia, Syria, the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Turkey. Methods Data on populations, mortality, patient numbers, treatments and risk factor trends from national and local surveys in each country were collated over two time points (1995-97; 2006-09); integrated and analysed using the IMPACT model. Results Risk factor trends: Smoking prevalence was high in men, persisting in Syria but decreasing in Tunisia, oPt and Turkey. BMI rose by 1-2 kg/m2 and diabetes prevalence increased by 40%-50%. Mean systolic blood pressure and cholesterol levels increased in Tunisia and Syria. Mortality trends: Age-standardised CHD mortality rates rose by 20% in Tunisia and 62% in Syria. Much of this increase (79% and 72% respectively) was attributed to adverse trends in major risk factors, occurring despite some improvements in treatment uptake. CHD mortality rates fell by 17% in oPt and by 25% in Turkey, with risk factor changes accounting for around 46% and 30% of this reduction respectively. Increased uptake of community treatments (drug treatments for chronic angina, heart failure, hypertension and secondary prevention after a cardiac event) accounted for most of the remainder. Discussion CHD death rates are rising in Tunisia and Syria, whilst oPt and Turkey demonstrate clear falls, reflecting improvements in major risk factors with contributions from medical treatments. However, smoking prevalence remains very high in men; obesity and diabetes levels are rising dramatically. The MedCHAMPS project and data collection were funded by EC FP7 grant no. 223705 . JC and SC are supported by the UK Higher Education Funding Council . MOF was partly funded by the European Union and the UK Medical Research Council ( NPR3, Project 45 ). This study was funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 223075 - the MedCHAMPS project. MOF was also supported by the UK MRC . Scopus
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