Global Correlates of Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparison of 158 Countries

Autor: Sylva Hřebíčková, Eduard Hrazdíra, Pavel Grasgruber, Jan Cacek, Martin Sebera
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
Time Factors
Comorbidity
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Global Health
Eating
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Prevalence
Global health
Medicine
risk factors
030212 general & internal medicine
2. Zero hunger
Expectancy theory
Nutrition and Dietetics
ecological study
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Age Factors
3. Good health
nutrition
cardiology
Hypertension
Female
Risk assessment
Nutritive Value
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Nutritional Status
cardiovascular diseases
Context (language use)
lcsh:TX341-641
Risk Assessment
Article
03 medical and health sciences
Life Expectancy
Sex Factors
Environmental health
Dietary Carbohydrates
Humans
Obesity
business.industry
Ecological study
Feeding Behavior
medicine.disease
Malnutrition
Hyperglycemia
Life expectancy
Health Expenditures
business
Food Science
Zdroj: Nutrients, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 411 (2018)
Nutrients; Volume 10; Issue 4; Pages: 411
Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
Popis: The aim of this study was a large-scale ecological analysis of nutritional and other environmental factors potentially associated with the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in the global context. Indicators of CVDs from 158 countries were compared with the statistics of mean intake (supply) of 60 food items between 1993 and 2011, obesity rates, health expenditure and life expectancy. This comparison shows that the relationship between CVD indicators (raised blood pressure, CVD mortality, raised blood glucose) and independent variables in the global context is influenced by various factors such as short life expectancy, religiously conditioned dietary customs, the imprecision of some statistics and undernutrition. However, regardless of the statistical method used, the results always show very similar trends and identify high carbohydrate consumption (mainly in the form of cereals and wheat in particular) as a dietary factor most consistently associated with the risk of CVDs. These findings are in line with the changing view of the causes of CVDs. Because only the statistics of raised blood glucose include people using medications and reflect true prevalence that is independent of healthcare, more objective data on the prevalence of CVDs are needed to confirm these observed trends.
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