Cardiovascular risk factors among high-risk individuals attending the general practice at king Abdulaziz University hospital: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Hana J. Gadah, Amal M. Alharthi, Nada S. Alzahrani, Azzah Abdullah AlZahrani, Bayan G. Badoghaish, Ranya A Ghamri
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Cross-sectional study
General Practice
Disease
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Overweight
Cardiovascular
Hospitals
University
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Prevalence
030212 general & internal medicine
Cardiovascular risk factors
Cause of death
Hypolipidemic Agents
education.field_of_study
Primary prevention
Smoking
Middle Aged
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypertension
Female
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Article
medicine.medical_specialty
Waist
Population
Saudi Arabia
Hyperlipidemias
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
Diabetes mellitus
Internal medicine
medicine
Diabetes Mellitus
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents
Obesity
education
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
business.industry
Prevention
medicine.disease
Lifestyle
Cross-Sectional Studies
lcsh:RC666-701
Smoking Cessation
business
Risk Reduction Behavior
Dyslipidemia
Zdroj: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
ISSN: 1471-2261
Popis: Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death worldwide, accounting for 31.0% of all deaths and more than 18 million deaths annually. The 2008 World Health Report indicated that 144 (35%) of the 413 deaths per 100,000 in 2002 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were due to CVD. Primary prevention is an important focus of most of the cardiovascular prevention guidelines around the world. In this study, we aimed to describe the prevalence of extrinsic risk factors for CVDs in a high-risk population attending general practice in Jeddah, KSA. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah. Patients started on lipid-lowering and/or antihypertensive and/or antidiabetes treatments without a history of established cardiovascular disease were interviewed. The questionnaire was adopted from the EUROASPIRE III study. Results Two hundred and fifty high-risk individuals (80.0% female) were interviewed. Overall, 72% of the patients had been diagnosed with hypertension, 61.2% of patients had dyslipidemia, and approximately two-thirds of patients had diabetes mellitus. Most of the patients (88%) were non-smokers. The mean waist circumference of patients was 101.6 ± 14.1 cm, which suggests most were clinically obese. About 54.8% of the patients followed an unhealthy diet and 52.0% were physically inactive. There were significant differences between women and men in relation to dyslipidemia (p = 0.007), unhealthy diet (p = 0.034), being overweight (p = 0.018), and high blood cholesterol (p = 0.002). We observed significantly greater prevalence of hypertension (p = 0.073), unhealthy diet (p = 0.015), being overweight (p = 0.018), and high blood cholesterol (p = 0.000) in those patients with dyslipidemia. Conclusion Our study presents novel findings in the KSA. Women were more likely to have high-risk CVD risk factors compared with their male counterparts in this sample. Gender-specific prevention programs in the KSA should be considered to more appropriately target at-risk individuals, to reduce preventable morbidity and mortality associated with CVDs.
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