Key result
WHO/ISH risk assessment identifies elevated 10-year CVD risk in ~44% of rural North Indian adults.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease risk factors are spreading rapidly from urban to rural populations in low and middle income countries, necessitating assessment in rural areas.
Cross-Sectional (n=133)
No
A significant proportion (44.4%) of adults aged ≥40 in rural North India have a ≥10% 10-year cardiovascular risk, highlighting the need for screening and intervention in rural settings.
Substantial 10-year CVD risk seen in rural North Indian adults; leaves open whether WHO/ISH charts warrant targeted screening without prospective validation.
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is emerging as a public health problem among low and middle income countries. Recent trends show that these risk factors are spreading fast from urban to rural populations. Objectives: The present study was conducted to assess the cardiovascular risk among adults aged ≥40 years, utilizing the WHO/ISH risk charts in a rural population of North India. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at rural health training centre (RHTC) of North India. The information was collected by using a pretested questionnaire from adults aged ≥ 40 years, who had come to attend a health check up camp at the centre. Anthropometric measurements and laboratory investigations were completed for 133 participants. The data was analysed by using statistical software SPSS. Results: Risk of CVD was assessed to be ≥ 10% in 44.4% of subjects in 10 years duration. CVD risk (≥10%) was found to be higher in females (59.3%) as compared to males (40.7%). However this difference was found to be statistically non-significant (p=0.325). Greater than 10% CVD risk was significantly associated with illiteracy (p=0.043), raised pulse rate (p=0.031), systolic hypertension (p=0.00) and diabetes (p=0.00). Conclusion: The study points towards significant burden of CVD risk in rural North India, thus necessitating further evaluation/ research by using these charts, which is a low cost and easy screening tool in other settings, warranting an urgent need of actions to address this problem.
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Bansal et al. (2016) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular disease risk (n=133). Cardiovascular risk assessment using WHO/ISH risk prediction charts was evaluated on 10-year risk of CVD ≥ 10%. Cardiovascular risk assessment using WHO/ISH charts revealed that 44.4% of rural adults aged ≥40 years in North India had a 10-year CVD risk of ≥10%.
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