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Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon

OBJECTIVE: To describe the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk distribution in a young adult-aged population living in Yaoundé, Cameroon and depict factors likely influencing this risk distribution. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study between May and July 2017. SETTING: The University of Yaoundé I,...

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Autores principales: Nansseu, Jobert Richie, Assah, Felix, Petnga, Saint-Just, Kameni, Bibiane Siaheu, Tene, Hebert Donald Fosso, Nang, Francial Terrenstra, Wouna, Dominic Leandry Angong, Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Kamgno, Joseph
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31542752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030594
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author Nansseu, Jobert Richie
Assah, Felix
Petnga, Saint-Just
Kameni, Bibiane Siaheu
Tene, Hebert Donald Fosso
Nang, Francial Terrenstra
Wouna, Dominic Leandry Angong
Noubiap, Jean Jacques
Kamgno, Joseph
author_facet Nansseu, Jobert Richie
Assah, Felix
Petnga, Saint-Just
Kameni, Bibiane Siaheu
Tene, Hebert Donald Fosso
Nang, Francial Terrenstra
Wouna, Dominic Leandry Angong
Noubiap, Jean Jacques
Kamgno, Joseph
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description OBJECTIVE: To describe the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk distribution in a young adult-aged population living in Yaoundé, Cameroon and depict factors likely influencing this risk distribution. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study between May and July 2017. SETTING: The University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon. PARTICIPANTS: Any university student aged 18 years and above, with no known history of CVD, found at the campus during recruitment and who voluntarily agreed to be included in the study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The global risk of CVD was measured with the non-laboratory-based INTERHEART Modifiable Risk Score. RESULTS: A total of 949 participants (54% males) were recruited; the median age was 23 (IQR 21–26) years. The CVD risk varied between 2 and 21, with a median of 9 (IQR 7–12); 51.2% of students had a low risk of CVD, 43.7% had a moderate risk and 5.1% presented a high risk of CVD. The number of years since first registration at the university (β=0.08), history of sudden death among biological parents (β=1.28), history of hypertension among brothers/sisters (β=1.33), history of HIV infection (β=4.34), the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption score (β=0.13), regular exposure to firewood smoke (β=1.29), eating foods/drinks with too much sugar ≥1 time/day (β=0.96), eating foods/snacks with too much oil ≥3 times/week (β=1.20) and eating dairy products≥1 time/day (β=0.61) were the independent factors likely influencing participants’ global risk of CVD. CONCLUSION: Almost 50% of participants had moderate or high risk of CVD. Specific interventions targeting major CVD risk factors should be put in place among young adults to prevent or reduce this upcoming overburdened picture of CVD.
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spelling pubmed-67564222019-10-07 Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon Nansseu, Jobert Richie Assah, Felix Petnga, Saint-Just Kameni, Bibiane Siaheu Tene, Hebert Donald Fosso Nang, Francial Terrenstra Wouna, Dominic Leandry Angong Noubiap, Jean Jacques Kamgno, Joseph BMJ Open Cardiovascular Medicine OBJECTIVE: To describe the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk distribution in a young adult-aged population living in Yaoundé, Cameroon and depict factors likely influencing this risk distribution. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study between May and July 2017. SETTING: The University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon. PARTICIPANTS: Any university student aged 18 years and above, with no known history of CVD, found at the campus during recruitment and who voluntarily agreed to be included in the study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The global risk of CVD was measured with the non-laboratory-based INTERHEART Modifiable Risk Score. RESULTS: A total of 949 participants (54% males) were recruited; the median age was 23 (IQR 21–26) years. The CVD risk varied between 2 and 21, with a median of 9 (IQR 7–12); 51.2% of students had a low risk of CVD, 43.7% had a moderate risk and 5.1% presented a high risk of CVD. The number of years since first registration at the university (β=0.08), history of sudden death among biological parents (β=1.28), history of hypertension among brothers/sisters (β=1.33), history of HIV infection (β=4.34), the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption score (β=0.13), regular exposure to firewood smoke (β=1.29), eating foods/drinks with too much sugar ≥1 time/day (β=0.96), eating foods/snacks with too much oil ≥3 times/week (β=1.20) and eating dairy products≥1 time/day (β=0.61) were the independent factors likely influencing participants’ global risk of CVD. CONCLUSION: Almost 50% of participants had moderate or high risk of CVD. Specific interventions targeting major CVD risk factors should be put in place among young adults to prevent or reduce this upcoming overburdened picture of CVD. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6756422/ /pubmed/31542752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030594 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Cardiovascular Medicine
Nansseu, Jobert Richie
Assah, Felix
Petnga, Saint-Just
Kameni, Bibiane Siaheu
Tene, Hebert Donald Fosso
Nang, Francial Terrenstra
Wouna, Dominic Leandry Angong
Noubiap, Jean Jacques
Kamgno, Joseph
Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title_full Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title_fullStr Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title_short Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon
title_sort assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in yaoundé, cameroon
topic Cardiovascular Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6756422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31542752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030594
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