Key result
Only ~5% of medical students maintain ideal CV health as lifestyle worsens over academic years.
Why the study?
Few studies had addressed the global cardiovascular risk profile in a young, presumably protected population such as medical school students.
Population
1183 medical students at the University of Milan, Italy
Comparison
Evaluation across the six different years of medical school
Design
Cross-sectional online QR code survey
Authors
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Suboptimal CV health is prevalent in medical students; leaves open whether training stress drives lifestyle decline and requires longitudinal studies.
Cross-Sectional (n=1,183)
No
Young medical students exhibit an unsatisfactory cardiovascular risk profile, with only 4.6% meeting ideal cardiovascular health criteria, suggesting medical school stress may worsen lifestyle habits.
Faggiano et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular risk factors (n=1,183). Survey assessment was evaluated on Global cardiovascular risk profile and traditional CV risk factors. Among 1183 Italian medical students, >16% had at least 3 cardiovascular risk factors and only 4.6% met criteria for ideal cardiovascular health, with lifestyle worsening over academic years.
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