CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE ADULT (AGED 40-79 YEARS) ROMANIAN POPULATION.
Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
; 14(2): 227-234, 2018.
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| ID: mdl-31149262
ABSTRACT
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. AIM:
To estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk (CVR) categories in the adult population (aged 40-79 years) of Romania.DESIGN:
The present study was part of the epidemiological, cross-sectional PREDATORR study (PREvalence of DiAbeTes mellitus, prediabetes, overweight, Obesity, dyslipidemia, hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease in Romania). SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
Exclusion criteria age <40/or>79 years old and diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease. The CVR was evaluated using charts developed by the World Health Organization/ International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) available for Europe B (epidemiological sub-region where Romania was included). The CVR was divided into 5 categories <10%, 10-20%, 20-30%, 30-40%, > 40%.RESULTS:
A total of 1631 subjects (57.0±10.7 years, 45.1% males) were included in the present study.The age and sex-adjusted prevalence of CVR >40% was 2.9% (95%CI 2.8-3.1%), CVR 30-40% was 1.85% (95%CI 1.8-1.9%), CVR 20-30% was 5.8% (95%CI 5.6-6.0%) and 13.0% (95%CI 12.8-13.3%) of the adult Romanian population has a 10-20% CVR, these CVR categories being more frequent in male and older age. Diabetes, overweight/obesity and smoking were associated with high CVR categories.CONCLUSION:
Romania is one of the countries with high CVR, requiring CVD prevention measures.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Endocrinol (Buchar)
Year:
2018
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Article