RESUMEN
We evaluated cardiovascular risk factors and their association in patients in Sahel, hospitalized for coronary disease over the period 1994-1998. The clinical features of 3455 patients (72.4% men, 1741 with myocardial infarction, 1714 with unstable angina) were analysed on hospital admission. The prevalence of smoking, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes and obesity was 77.4%, 39.4%, 28.5%, 42.5% and 25.1% respectively in men and 2.9%, 43.7%, 59.2%, 56.6% and 31.9% respectively in women. With this risk factor profile a national strategy of primary prevention and heart health promotion is needed in Tunisia.
Asunto(s)
Enfermedad Coronaria/epidemiología , Complicaciones de la Diabetes/epidemiología , Dislipidemias/epidemiología , Hipertensión/epidemiología , Obesidad/epidemiología , Fumar/epidemiología , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Angina Inestable/epidemiología , Angina Inestable/etiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/prevención & control , Enfermedad Coronaria/etiología , Enfermedad Coronaria/prevención & control , Complicaciones de la Diabetes/complicaciones , Dislipidemias/complicaciones , Femenino , Promoción de la Salud , Necesidades y Demandas de Servicios de Salud , Humanos , Hipertensión/complicaciones , Pacientes Internos/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infarto del Miocardio/epidemiología , Infarto del Miocardio/etiología , Obesidad/complicaciones , Vigilancia de la Población , Prevalencia , Prevención Primaria , Medición de Riesgo , Factores de Riesgo , Fumar/efectos adversos , TúnezRESUMEN
We evaluated cardiovascular risk factors and their association in patients in Sahel, hospitalized for coronary disease over the period 1994-1998. The clinical features of 3455 patients [72.4% men, 1741 with myocardial infarction, 1714 with unstable angina] were analysed on hospital admission. The prevalence of smoking, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes and obesity was 77.4%, 39.4%, 28.5%, 42.5% and 25.1% respectively in men and 2.9%, 43.7%, 59.2%, 56.6% and 31.9% respectively in women. With this risk factor profile a national strategy of primary prevention and heart health promotion is needed in Tunisia