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The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study
Background: By the mid-20th century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) had become an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. The aim was to set up a pilot study to screen citizens aged 45–59 in order to identify modifiable risk factors (RFs). Methods: Our study was conducted fr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10218350/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37239758 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101473 |
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author | Altobelli, Emma Marzi, Francesca Angeletti, Paolo Matteo Galassi, Francesca Guercache, Antonello Karim Profeta, Valerio Filippo Angelone, Anna Maria |
author_facet | Altobelli, Emma Marzi, Francesca Angeletti, Paolo Matteo Galassi, Francesca Guercache, Antonello Karim Profeta, Valerio Filippo Angelone, Anna Maria |
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description | Background: By the mid-20th century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) had become an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. The aim was to set up a pilot study to screen citizens aged 45–59 in order to identify modifiable risk factors (RFs). Methods: Our study was conducted from February 2019 to February 2020 on citizens of a population of central Italy, aged 45–59, contacted by letter. The variables evaluated were lipid profile, glycemia, anthropometric parameters, lifestyle and utility of screening. Results: It is important to underline that from the comparison with Italian national data, our results showed that blood pressure and lipid profile had better values. On the contrary, there were some alarm bells: a high percentage (57%) of smokers (63.9 in men and 37.1 in women), a sedentary lifestyle (24.5%), and a significantly higher waist circumference than the reference cut-offs for both men and women. The organization of the screening was considered excellent by 56.3% of women and 48.4% of men, and good by 37.5% of women and 46.5% of men. Conclusions: Our study provides a picture to stakeholders of the state of the health of citizens in the area under study, in the immediate pre-pandemic period; however, it is important to underline that their state of health may be modified after the pandemic period. Furthermore, cardiovascular (CV) screening was perceived by the citizens to be important for health care. |
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spelling | pubmed-102183502023-05-27 The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study Altobelli, Emma Marzi, Francesca Angeletti, Paolo Matteo Galassi, Francesca Guercache, Antonello Karim Profeta, Valerio Filippo Angelone, Anna Maria Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: By the mid-20th century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) had become an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries. The aim was to set up a pilot study to screen citizens aged 45–59 in order to identify modifiable risk factors (RFs). Methods: Our study was conducted from February 2019 to February 2020 on citizens of a population of central Italy, aged 45–59, contacted by letter. The variables evaluated were lipid profile, glycemia, anthropometric parameters, lifestyle and utility of screening. Results: It is important to underline that from the comparison with Italian national data, our results showed that blood pressure and lipid profile had better values. On the contrary, there were some alarm bells: a high percentage (57%) of smokers (63.9 in men and 37.1 in women), a sedentary lifestyle (24.5%), and a significantly higher waist circumference than the reference cut-offs for both men and women. The organization of the screening was considered excellent by 56.3% of women and 48.4% of men, and good by 37.5% of women and 46.5% of men. Conclusions: Our study provides a picture to stakeholders of the state of the health of citizens in the area under study, in the immediate pre-pandemic period; however, it is important to underline that their state of health may be modified after the pandemic period. Furthermore, cardiovascular (CV) screening was perceived by the citizens to be important for health care. MDPI 2023-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10218350/ /pubmed/37239758 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101473 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Altobelli, Emma Marzi, Francesca Angeletti, Paolo Matteo Galassi, Francesca Guercache, Antonello Karim Profeta, Valerio Filippo Angelone, Anna Maria The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title | The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title_full | The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title_fullStr | The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title_short | The Burden of Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Population of Central Italy: A Pilot Study |
title_sort | burden of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in a population of central italy: a pilot study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10218350/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37239758 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101473 |
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