Why the study?
Do persons with paraplegia have an increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors compared to the general population?
Do persons with paraplegia have an increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors compared to the general population?
Persons with paraplegia have an increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, suggesting a need for targeted screening and management.
May warrant enhanced CV risk surveillance in paraplegia; leaves open causality and need for longitudinal confirmation.
Persons with paraplegia report increased prevalences of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia, in particular, compared with the general population. Population-based screening and therapeutic counter-measures for these conditions may therefore be particularly indicated for this patient group.
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Wahman et al. (2010) studied this question.
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