Why the study?
Cardiovascular diseases are leading causes of death and morbidity worldwide, and risk score assessment can assist in anticipating CVD risk over the next five years.
Population
5324 participants aged 35 to 74 years across 95 metro stations in Tehran
Comparison
Estimated 5-year CVD risk categories across demographic and clinical characteristics
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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Suggests age-stratified CVD risk assessment in Tehran; leaves open causality and generalizability from cross-sectional data.
A significant proportion of the Iranian population in Tehran has an elevated 5-year risk of cardiovascular disease, which is strongly associated with age, gender, smoking, exercise, and family history.
Akhlaghdoust et al. (2021) studied this question.
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