Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity among Tabuk Citizens in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is considered as the main cause of death worldwide. Identifying the links among CVDs risk factors can help decrease CVD-related deaths. AIM: To assess the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and their relationships among the Tabuk City population in Saudi Arab...

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Autores principales: Gutierrez, Jeneth, Alloubani, Aladeen, Mari, Mohammad, Alzaatreh, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2018
Materias:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29755600
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401812010041
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is considered as the main cause of death worldwide. Identifying the links among CVDs risk factors can help decrease CVD-related deaths. AIM: To assess the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and their relationships among the Tabuk City population in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used; 432 participants in the Tabuk region were included in this study. RESULTS: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) was 5.6%, the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) was 11.1% and obesity and overweight together were 69.9%. Mean Body Mass Index (BMI), HTN, and DM increased with age. There was a correlation between BMI with HTN (r=.200, p<.001), BMI and DM (r=.149, p<.001) and DM and HTN (r=.366, p<.001). CONCLUSION: Public awareness may help in reducing the prevalence of CVD.

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