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The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey

BACKGROUND: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming significant causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries, although local, high-quality data to inform evidence-based policies are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To determine the magnitude of NCDs and their ri...

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Autores principales: Msyamboza, Kelias P., Ngwira, Bagrey, Dzowela, Titha, Mvula, Chimwemwe, Kathyola, Damson, Harries, Anthony D., Bowie, Cameron
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020316
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author Msyamboza, Kelias P.
Ngwira, Bagrey
Dzowela, Titha
Mvula, Chimwemwe
Kathyola, Damson
Harries, Anthony D.
Bowie, Cameron
author_facet Msyamboza, Kelias P.
Ngwira, Bagrey
Dzowela, Titha
Mvula, Chimwemwe
Kathyola, Damson
Harries, Anthony D.
Bowie, Cameron
author_sort Msyamboza, Kelias P.
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming significant causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries, although local, high-quality data to inform evidence-based policies are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To determine the magnitude of NCDs and their risk factors in Malawi. METHODS: Using the WHO STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance, a population-based, nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted between July and September 2009 on participants aged 25–64 years. Socio-demographic and behaviour risk factors were collected in Step 1. Physical anthropometric measurements and blood pressure were documented in Step 2. Blood cholesterol and fasting blood glucose were measured in Step 3. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 5,206 adults (67% females) were surveyed. Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and raised blood pressure (BP) were more frequent in males than females, 25% vs 3%, 30% vs 4% and 37% vs 29%. Overweight, physical inactivity and raised cholesterol were more common in females than males, 28% vs 16%, 13% vs 6% and 11% vs 6%. Tobacco smoking was more common in rural than urban areas 11% vs 7%, and overweight and physical inactivity more common in urban than rural areas 39% vs 22% and 24% vs 9%, all with p<0.05. Overall (both sexes) prevalence of tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight and physical inactivity was 14%, 17%, 22%, 10% and prevalence of raised BP, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol was 33%, 6% and 9% respectively. These data could be useful in the formulation and advocacy of NCD policy and action plan in Malawi.
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spelling pubmed-31003522011-05-31 The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey Msyamboza, Kelias P. Ngwira, Bagrey Dzowela, Titha Mvula, Chimwemwe Kathyola, Damson Harries, Anthony D. Bowie, Cameron PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming significant causes of morbidity and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries, although local, high-quality data to inform evidence-based policies are lacking. OBJECTIVES: To determine the magnitude of NCDs and their risk factors in Malawi. METHODS: Using the WHO STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance, a population-based, nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted between July and September 2009 on participants aged 25–64 years. Socio-demographic and behaviour risk factors were collected in Step 1. Physical anthropometric measurements and blood pressure were documented in Step 2. Blood cholesterol and fasting blood glucose were measured in Step 3. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 5,206 adults (67% females) were surveyed. Tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and raised blood pressure (BP) were more frequent in males than females, 25% vs 3%, 30% vs 4% and 37% vs 29%. Overweight, physical inactivity and raised cholesterol were more common in females than males, 28% vs 16%, 13% vs 6% and 11% vs 6%. Tobacco smoking was more common in rural than urban areas 11% vs 7%, and overweight and physical inactivity more common in urban than rural areas 39% vs 22% and 24% vs 9%, all with p<0.05. Overall (both sexes) prevalence of tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight and physical inactivity was 14%, 17%, 22%, 10% and prevalence of raised BP, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol was 33%, 6% and 9% respectively. These data could be useful in the formulation and advocacy of NCD policy and action plan in Malawi. Public Library of Science 2011-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3100352/ /pubmed/21629735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020316 Text en Msyamboza et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Msyamboza, Kelias P.
Ngwira, Bagrey
Dzowela, Titha
Mvula, Chimwemwe
Kathyola, Damson
Harries, Anthony D.
Bowie, Cameron
The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title_full The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title_fullStr The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title_full_unstemmed The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title_short The Burden of Selected Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors in Malawi: Nationwide STEPS Survey
title_sort burden of selected chronic non-communicable diseases and their risk factors in malawi: nationwide steps survey
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3100352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020316
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