Key result
A community-based systematic risk factor screening and counseling program reduced the estimated Framingham risk for cardiovascular disease by 19% (p=0.0021).
Why the study?
Does systematic risk factor screening and counselling reduce cardiovascular risk factors and estimated CVD risk in a community population?
Population
1,893 participants out of 2,046 eligible in a Northern Sweden municipality.
Comparison
Systematic risk factor screening and counselling… vs Trends in a reference area.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 years (1985 to 1992)
Authors
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Supports primary care CVD risk screening in communities; leaves open effects on clinical events.
Does systematic risk factor screening and counselling reduce cardiovascular risk factors and estimated CVD risk in a community population?
Effect estimate: 19% reduction
p-value: p=0.0021
A long-term community-based CVD prevention program combining population and individual strategies significantly reduced cardiovascular risk factors and estimated CVD risk in a rural population.
Weinehall et al. (1999) studied Cardiovascular disease risk (n=1,893). Systematic risk factor screening and counselling vs. Reference area was evaluated on Estimated risk for CVD using the Framingham equation (19% reduction, p=0.0021). A community-based systematic risk factor screening and counseling program reduced the estimated Framingham risk for cardiovascular disease by 19% (p=0.0021).
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