Key result
Among adults attending primary healthcare centers in Riyadh, 83.4% had low, 12.9% had intermediate, and 3.7% had high 10-year cardiovascular disease risk.
Why the study?
Effective primary CVD prevention requires risk assessment to categorize patients and select appropriate interventions, amid expected rises in CVD risk factors in Saudi Arabia.
Cross-Sectional (n=700)
Yes
A significant proportion of adults attending primary care in Riyadh have intermediate or high 10-year CVD risk, driven largely by high rates of obesity, physical inactivity, and diabetes.
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Supports hypothesis generation for CVD prevention in Riyadh primary care; leaves open need for longitudinal studies on risk trajectories and interventions.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors is expected to rise in Saudi Arabia as the prevalence of CVD risk factors rises. Effective primary CVD prevention necessitates risk assessment to categorize patients and select the most appropriate intervention for each category. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of CVD at primary healthcare (PHC) in Riyadh city and to categorize the at-risk population as a slow, intermediate, or high risk of CVD. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out at seven PHC centers in Riyadh. Seven hundred participants (half of whom were males and the other half females) were selected at random from PHCs visitors, and data was collected using a structured questionnaire, as well as required measurements and laboratory investigations. The World Health Organization risk prediction charts were used to calculate CVD risk. Participants were assigned to one of three CVD risk categories (low, intermediate, high). RESULTS: Obesity was found to be the most common risk factor found in this study (53.2%). Overweight (31.2%), with females having higher BMI levels. The study found that 83.4% of participants had low CVD risk, 12.9% had intermediate risk, and 3.7% had high CVD risk category. Age, systolic blood pressure, cholesterol level, smoking, and prior diagnosis of diabetes were all statistically significant predictors of moderate and high CVD risk. CONCLUSION: CVD risk factors were discovered to be common among study participants. It requires healthcare decision-makers to engage in community-based interventions to decrease the risk of CVD.
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Alibrahim et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular disease risk (n=700). Cardiovascular disease risk factors vs. Absence of risk factors was evaluated on 10-year cardiovascular disease risk category. Among adults attending primary healthcare centers in Riyadh, 83.4% had low, 12.9% had intermediate, and 3.7% had high 10-year cardiovascular disease risk.
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