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Cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with confirmed cardiovascular disease

Mohammad Aghaeishahsavari1, Masood Noroozianavval, Pegah Veisi

  • 1Heart Research Center, Shaheed Madani Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 51655-134, Tabriz, Iran. Dr_mash1951@yahoo.com

Saudi Medical Journal
|September 5, 2006
PubMed

Insights

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients exhibit a high prevalence of risk factors, with obesity being the most common. Urgent lifestyle modifications are recommended to mitigate these risks.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses a significant global health burden.
  • Identifying and understanding risk factors are crucial for effective prevention and management strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the prevalence of various cardiovascular risk factors among hospitalized patients.
  • To characterize the risk factor profiles associated with cardiovascular disease in this population.

Main Methods:

  • A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling technique was employed.
  • Data collection involved demographic information, physical examinations, and biochemical parameter measurements from 476 confirmed CVD patients.
  • Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 10.05, with a significance level set at p < 0.05.

Main Results:

  • Obesity was highly prevalent (93.5%), followed by diabetes mellitus (58.4%), and dyslipidemia (45.4% low HDL-c, 40.1% high total cholesterol, 37.2% high triglycerides, 30.7% high LDL-c).
  • A substantial proportion of patients had multiple risk factors: 93% had at least one, 43% had two, and 16% had three.
  • Obesity was significantly associated with abnormal lipid profiles (low HDL-c, high TG, TC, LDL-c).

Conclusions:

  • The study highlights a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in hospitalized CVD patients.
  • Urgent lifestyle modifications are strongly recommended to address these prevalent risk factors and reduce CVD burden.
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