Estimation of the cardiovascular risk using World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) risk prediction charts in a rural population of South India

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Arun Gangadhar GhorpadeGautam Roy

Abstract

World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) charts have been employed to predict the risk of cardiovascular outcome in heterogeneous settings. The aim of this research is to assess the prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors and to estimate the cardiovascular risk among adults aged >40 years, utilizing the risk charts alone, and by the addition of other parameters. A cross-sectional study was performed in two of the villages availing health services of a medical college. Overall 570 subjects completed the assessment. The desired information was obtained using a pre-tested questionnaire and participants were also subjected to anthropometric measurements and laboratory investigations. The WHO/ISH risk prediction charts for the South-East Asian region was used to assess the cardiovascular risk among the study participants. The study covered 570 adults aged above 40 years. The mean age of the subjects was 54.2 (±11.1) years and 53.3% subjects were women. Seventeen percent of the participants had moderate to high risk for the occurrence of cardiovascular events by using WHO/ISH risk prediction charts. In addition, CVD risk factors like smoking, alcohol, low High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL)...Continue Reading

Citations

Jun 19, 2016·Indian Heart Journal·Priya ChockalingamAnand Chockalingam
Apr 30, 2017·Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice : Official Publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners·M G RajanandhS Neha
May 26, 2018·Circulation·Annabelle Santos VolgmanUNKNOWN American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women and Special Po
Jul 4, 2020·Annals of Human Biology·Hao ZhuXingguang Zhang
Oct 9, 2019·International Journal of Obesity : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·Nazanin FekriFarzad Hadaegh
Apr 3, 2020·BMC Cardiovascular Disorders·Olaniyan Akintunde BabatundeJames Olusegun Bamidele
Dec 20, 2019·Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine·Tianwei DongWeida Chen
Sep 28, 2018·International Journal of Hypertension·João M PedroHenrique Barros
Oct 29, 2020·Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care·David Gregg Smith PonrajAntony Vincent
Nov 20, 2020·Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care·Trideep J DeoriArshi Ansari

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cardiovascular Disease Pathophysiology

Cardiovascular disease involves several different processes that contribute to the pathological mechanism, including hyperglycemia, inflammation, atherosclerosis, hypertension and more. Vasculature stability plays a critical role in the development of the disease. Discover the latest research on cardiovascular disease pathophysiology here.