Cardiovascular risk factors among college students: Knowledge, perception, and risk assessment

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieu-My T. Tran ◽  
Lani M. Zimmerman ◽  
Kevin A. Kupzyk ◽  
Scott W. Shurmur ◽  
Carol H. Pullen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors

scholarly journals Future risk of cardiovascular disease risk factors and events in women after a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Heart ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (16) ◽  
pp. 1273-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Benschop ◽  
Johannes J Duvekot ◽  
Jeanine E Roeters van Lennep
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Hypertensive Disorder ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment ◽  
Increased Risk

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), such as gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, affect up to 10% of all pregnancies. These women have on average a twofold higher risk to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) later in life as compared with women with normotensive pregnancies. This increased risk might result from an underlying predisposition to CVD, HDP itself or a combination of both. After pregnancy women with HDP show an increased risk of classical cardiovascular risk factors including chronic hypertension, renal dysfunction, dyslipidemia, diabetes and subclinical atherosclerosis. The prevalence and onset of cardiovascular risk factors depends on the severity of the HDP and the coexistence of other pregnancy complications. At present, guidelines addressing postpartum cardiovascular risk assessment for women with HDP show a wide variation in their recommendations. This makes cardiovascular follow-up of women with a previous HDP confusing and non-coherent. Some guidelines advise to initiate cardiovascular follow-up (blood pressure, weight and lifestyle assessment) 6–8 weeks after pregnancy, whereas others recommend to start 6–12 months after pregnancy. Concurrent blood pressure monitoring, lipid and glucose assessment is recommended to be repeated annually to every 5 years until the age of 50 years when women will qualify for cardiovascular risk assessment according to all international cardiovascular prevention guidelines.

Volunteer and career French firefighters: Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angélique Savall ◽  
Rodolphe Charles ◽  
Anaïs Bertholon ◽  
Baptiste Gramont ◽  
Béatrice Trombert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

scholarly journals Cardiovascular risk factors in students at a public college institution in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Thiago Ferreira de Sousa ◽  
Mariana da Silva Ferreira ◽  
Sueyla Ferreira da Silva dos Santos ◽  
Silvio Aparecido Fonseca ◽  
Aline Rodrigues Barbosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Assessment Of Stress

Objective: To compare the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in university students from a Brazilian public higher education institution between three surveys. Methods: Cross-sectional surveys were conducted with 1,084, 1,085, and 1,041 university students in 2010, 2012, and 2014, respectively, from an institution located in Bahia, Brazil. Outcomes were cardiovascular risk factors: overweight, leisure-time physical activity for < 150 min per week, low consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of meat and chicken with fat, fried snacks, soft drinks or artificial juices, smoking, drinking alcohol abuse, and negative self-assessment of stress in life. The independent variable was the year of the survey.The measure of association was the Prevalence Ratio (PR). The significance level was 5%. Results: In all surveys, there was a higher prevalence of college students with insufficient leisure-time physical activity, low consumption of fruits and vegetables, consumption of fatty and savory meat, and negative self-assessment of stress. Overweight and consumption of chicken with fat increased over the years of the survey. Prevalence decreased in the last survey among college students concerning the consumption of fruits, vegetables, snacks, and artificial soft drinks or juices (PR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.52–0.84). Conclusions: There was an increase in overweight; however, there were also positive modifications in eating habits among college students.

scholarly journals Circulating Oxidized LDL is a Useful Marker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Circulation ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1350-1350
Author(s):  
Ann Mertens ◽  
Peter P Verhamme ◽  
Raymond Verhaeghe ◽  
Erik Muls ◽  
Desire Collen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Oxidized Ldl ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Artery Disease

0032 BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease is associated with an increase in circulating oxidized (Ox)LDL (Circulation 1998; 98:1487-1494). OBJECTIVES: 1) To determine the usefulness of OxLDL for identifying cardiovascular disease patients and 2) to study the relation of OxLDL with cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS: 1) To determine the diagnostic value of OxLDL 308 subjects were studied: 178 patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease and 130 age-matched subjects without cardiovascular disease (controls) confirmed by B mode ultrasonography of their carotid arteries. 2) Additional 307 patients without cardiovascular disease were studied to determine the relation of OxLDL with cardiovascular risk factors. Levels of OxLDL were directly measured in plasma using a mAb-4E6 based competition ELISA. RESULTS: Compared with controls, patients had 2.3-fold higher levels of circulating OxLDL. At a cutoff value of 2.30 mg/dL, the sensitivity of OxLDL for cardiovascular disease was 73% with a specificity of 90%. The Global Risk Assessment Score (GRAS) was calculated using age, total and HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus and smoking. GRAS was 8.65±3.41 for patients versus 6.09±5.10 (p≤0.001) for controls. Compared with subjects with low OxLDL (≤2.30 mg/dL) and low GRAS (≤12), risk of having cardiovascular disease was 3.2 times higher for subjects with low OxLDL and high GRAS, 6.4 times higher for subjects with high OxLDL and low GRAS and 27 times higher for subjects with both high OxLDL and high GRAS. Among patients without cardiovascular disease, stepwise multivariate analysis showed that Body Mass Index (p<0.001), LDL cholesterol (p<0.001), diabetes type 2 (p=0.003), triglycerides (p=0.017) and smoking (p=0.046) were the strongest predictors of OxLDL. Conclusion: Circulating OxLDL is a sensitive marker of cardiovascular disease. Circulating oxidized LDL correlates with obesity, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and smoking. Addition of OxLDL to the established risk factors may improve cardiovascular risk prediction. Inclusion of OxLDL in prospective studies of risk factors of cardiovascular disease seems to be warranted.

Differences in Cardiovascular Risk Factors in College Students: Midwest Versus Southwest

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-577
Author(s):  
Kristen N. Herlosky ◽  
Dieu-My T. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Lipid Panel

Purpose: This study was designed to identify underlying cardiovascular risk factors among college students including lifestyle characteristics, health behaviors and knowledge, and perception of the risk factors. Method: College students ( N = 293), aged 19–36 years, enrolled at either a Midwestern or a Southwestern University in the United States, responded to three questionnaires: sociodemographic, knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors, and perception of cardiovascular risk factors. Anthropometric measures collected included blood pressure (BP), glucose, lipid panel, height, weight, and body mass index (BMI). Results: There were significant regional and gender differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among Southwestern and Midwestern college students. Students from the Southwest had a higher risk of developing CVD in 30 years compared to those in the Midwest; they also had a higher perceived risk. Males were more at risk of developing CVD than females but had a lower perceived risk than females. Dietary habits were similar between the two populations, and we found no significant differences in BMI. The two regions varied in BP levels, but the Midwestern students had significantly higher prevalence of elevated BP and Stage 2 hypertension. Conclusion: Our data suggest that college students are a high-risk population and tend to underestimate and misperceive their risk for developing CVD.

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