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Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population
Background and Aims: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally and in Brazil. Evidence suggests that the risk of CVDs differs by race/ethnicity. Scarce information exists about the association between CVD risk, obesity indicators and sociodemographic characteristics in t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8669243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.725009 |
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author | Moreira, Nayla Cristina do Vale Mdala, Ibrahimu Hussain, Akhtar Bhowmik, Bishwajit Siddiquee, Tasnima Fernandes, Virgínia Oliveira Montenegro, Renan M. Meyer, Haakon E. |
author_facet | Moreira, Nayla Cristina do Vale Mdala, Ibrahimu Hussain, Akhtar Bhowmik, Bishwajit Siddiquee, Tasnima Fernandes, Virgínia Oliveira Montenegro, Renan M. Meyer, Haakon E. |
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description | Background and Aims: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally and in Brazil. Evidence suggests that the risk of CVDs differs by race/ethnicity. Scarce information exists about the association between CVD risk, obesity indicators and sociodemographic characteristics in the Brazilian population. Objectives: We aimed to assess the CVD risk following the Framingham risk score in relation to the population's sociodemographic profile. Further, we examined the association between anthropometric markers and risk of CVDs. Methods: A total of 701 subjects aged ≥20 years from North-eastern Brazil were recruited randomly to participate in a population-based, cross-sectional survey. Age-adjusted data for CVD risk, sociodemographic characteristics, and anthropometric indices were assessed, and their relationships examined. Results: High CVD risk (Framingham risk score ≥10%) was observed in 18.9% of the population. Males (31.9 vs. 12.5%) and older subjects (age ≥45 years: 68.9% vs. age <45 years: 4.2%) had significantly higher risk of CVDs, whereas those employed in manual labor showed lower risk (7.6 vs. 21.7%). Central obesity measures like waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio were more strongly associated with predicted CVD risk than body mass index. Conclusions: Our population had a high risk of CVDs using the Framingham risk score. Cost-effective strategies for screening, prevention and treatment of CVDs may likely reduce disease burden and health expenditure in Brazil. Central obesity measures were strongly associated with predicted CVD risk and might be useful in the clinical assessment of patients. Follow-up studies are warranted to validate our findings. |
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spelling | pubmed-86692432021-12-15 Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population Moreira, Nayla Cristina do Vale Mdala, Ibrahimu Hussain, Akhtar Bhowmik, Bishwajit Siddiquee, Tasnima Fernandes, Virgínia Oliveira Montenegro, Renan M. Meyer, Haakon E. Front Public Health Public Health Background and Aims: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally and in Brazil. Evidence suggests that the risk of CVDs differs by race/ethnicity. Scarce information exists about the association between CVD risk, obesity indicators and sociodemographic characteristics in the Brazilian population. Objectives: We aimed to assess the CVD risk following the Framingham risk score in relation to the population's sociodemographic profile. Further, we examined the association between anthropometric markers and risk of CVDs. Methods: A total of 701 subjects aged ≥20 years from North-eastern Brazil were recruited randomly to participate in a population-based, cross-sectional survey. Age-adjusted data for CVD risk, sociodemographic characteristics, and anthropometric indices were assessed, and their relationships examined. Results: High CVD risk (Framingham risk score ≥10%) was observed in 18.9% of the population. Males (31.9 vs. 12.5%) and older subjects (age ≥45 years: 68.9% vs. age <45 years: 4.2%) had significantly higher risk of CVDs, whereas those employed in manual labor showed lower risk (7.6 vs. 21.7%). Central obesity measures like waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio were more strongly associated with predicted CVD risk than body mass index. Conclusions: Our population had a high risk of CVDs using the Framingham risk score. Cost-effective strategies for screening, prevention and treatment of CVDs may likely reduce disease burden and health expenditure in Brazil. Central obesity measures were strongly associated with predicted CVD risk and might be useful in the clinical assessment of patients. Follow-up studies are warranted to validate our findings. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8669243/ /pubmed/34917567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.725009 Text en Copyright © 2021 Moreira, Mdala, Hussain, Bhowmik, Siddiquee, Fernandes, Montenegro and Meyer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Moreira, Nayla Cristina do Vale Mdala, Ibrahimu Hussain, Akhtar Bhowmik, Bishwajit Siddiquee, Tasnima Fernandes, Virgínia Oliveira Montenegro, Renan M. Meyer, Haakon E. Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title | Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title_full | Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title_fullStr | Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title_short | Cardiovascular Risk, Obesity, and Sociodemographic Indicators in a Brazilian Population |
title_sort | cardiovascular risk, obesity, and sociodemographic indicators in a brazilian population |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8669243/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34917567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.725009 |
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