scholarly journals Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Raj Krishna Dangol ◽  
Bibek Koju ◽  
Priya Lanjekar ◽  
Chandrashekhar Pulipati
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
First Year ◽  
Low Hdl ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Introduction: Detection of cardiovascular risk in young age is important to motivate them to modify life styles and seek health care early to lower the chances of acquiring cardiovascular disease in later age. This study was done to assess cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted throughout September and October 2017 in which all first year medical students from a medical college were assessed for the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. Participants’ demography, family history of illness, anthropometric measurements, and blood reports of lipid profile and fasting glucose were acquired. Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-21). Result: There were 99 participants; 55 males and 44 females. One or more risk factors were present in 87 (87.9%) participants. Moreover, 67.7% (n = 67) participants had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common (n = 55, 55.6%) risk factor followed by elevated triacylglycerol (n = 47, 47.5%) and family history of hypertension (n = 45, 45.5%). There was no significant difference in presence of various risk factors between genders. Conclusion: There was higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students. Majority of them had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common risk factor. The risk factors were comparable in males and females.

scholarly journals Prevalence Of Alcohol Consumption In First-Year Romanian Medical Students And Its Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Adriana Gherbon ◽  
Romulus Timar ◽  
Mirela Frandes ◽  
Marioara Nicula ◽  
Dorel Dronca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
First Year ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Alcohol is the third risk factor for premature disease and death for the general population of the European Union (EU) after smoking and high blood pressure. In the case of young people, they consume alcohol based on the desire to explore, sometimes associating it with recreational drugs use, thus increasing the risk of negative consequences. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of alcohol consumption and its association with other cardiovascular risk factors in first-year medical students. The studied lot consisted of 434 first-year medical students, 30.18% boys, and 69.82% girls, with the mean age of 19.48 ± 0.53 years. The methods included the administration of a questionnaire (CORT 2004 questionnaire on health risk behaviors in first-year medical students) for assessing both alcohol consumption and stress state, as well as blood pressure determination, and anthropometric parameters. The prevalence of alcohol consumption among first-year medical students was 22.58%, with a net prevalence of male gender (57.25% M versus 7.59% F) (p <0.001, X2 = 129.02). The main reasons for alcohol consumption were the festive and official occasions and the desire to integrate into the group. People with whom they prefer to drink alcohol were friends, colleagues, and family. The age at which most people began to consume alcohol was 13-14 years old, and the favorite drink was beer among boys and wine among the girls. Regarding the cardiovascular risk factors, positive correlations were obtained between alcohol and smoking, increased consumption of bread, sedentary lifestyle, and increased body mass index. Students need to be educated from the first year of study on the long-term consequences of alcohol consumption related to the development of the cardiovascular disease, and further studies are needed to see if educational programs really reduce the prevalence of alcohol consumption.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Obesity in Medical students and its correlation with cardiovascular risk factors: Emergency Alarm for Today?

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
G. Purohit ◽  
T. Shah ◽  
J.M. Harsoda
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Family History ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
History Of

Background It is predicted that the prevalence of overweight and obesity will rise significantly by 2015 in young population. Problem of overweight and obesity has been recognized as public health problem worldwide due to the fact that it increases the risk of chronic diseases such as Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD), stroke, diabetes, sleep apnoea, osteoarthritis etc.Objective To assess the body mass index in medical students and its association with various cardiovascular risk factors like blood pressure, dietary habits, and family history of cardiovascular diseases.Method A university based cross-sectional analytical study was conducted in Department of Physiology, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute & Research Center, Vadodara, Gujarat. Data was collected through convenient sampling technique by using self-administered questionnaire followed by anthropometric measurement. Body Mass Index (BMI) of 138 first year medical students was assessed. Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, mean blood pressure, pulse rate and arterial oxygen saturation were measured.Result Data was compiled in excel sheet, analyzed for percentage and proportion. Chi square and Pearson correlation test were also applied and alpha error was set at 5% level. In comparison to the students with normal BMI, students with BMI >25 kg/m2 (N=49) showed significantly high blood pressure indices. Dietary habits and family history of cardiovascular diseases were also noted. Highly significant association of high BMI was found with elevated blood pressure (X2=7.4042***, p<0.001) and presence of family history of cardiovascular diseases X2=9.8625***, p<0.001). BMI is negatively correlated with SpO2 (r= -0.0504, p<0.05) and pulse rate, while positively correlated with systolic blood pressure (r=0.2736) and diastolic blood pressure (r=0.0275).Conclusion In conclusion, majority (more than 35%) of medical students were overweight, high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors like family history, elevated blood pressure and less SpO2.

scholarly journals Sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors among people with type two diabetes

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
Gurinder Mohan ◽  
Ranjeet Kaur ◽  
Heli .
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
High Hba1c ◽  
Low Hdl

Background: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is associated with various risk factors, which accelerates the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The increased relative risk for CVD due to diabetes is greater in women than in men. Aims and objectives of this study were to study the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among type 2 diabetes patients and to assess the sex differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among type 2 diabetes patients.Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among the 500 adult (>15 years) patients of type 2 diabetes who attended Department of Medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar and were assessed for the presence of various CVD risk factors and the prevalence of these was compared between both sexes.Results: The most prevalent CVD risk factor among 500 patients of type 2 DM was high HBA1C levels which was present in 67.2% of the study population. It was followed by obesity (which had prevalence of 66.2%), dyslipidaemia (i.e. high triglyceride levels - 64.8% and low HDL levels - 65.6%) and microalbuminuria along with macroalbuminuria (65.4%). Diabetic males had microalbuminuria (along with macroalbuminuria) as the most prevalent CVD risk factor (69.03%), followed by alcohol consumption (63.18%) and abnormal waist circumference (61%). On the other hand, the most prevalent CVD risk factor among female diabetics was high HBA1C (77.4%) followed by obesity (77.0%) and dyslipidaemia-hypertriglyceridemia (75.1%) and low HDL levels (70.5%).Conclusions: Cardiovascular risk factors were highly prevalent among patients with type 2 diabetes attending department of medicine, SGRDIMSR, Amritsar with different risk profiles among diabetic male and females. A gender-sensitive approach is required in planning interventions (counselling and treatment) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetes.

scholarly journals Associations between low HDL, sex and cardiovascular risk markers are substantially different in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK: analysis of four population studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. e005222
Author(s):  
Rosamund Greiner ◽  
Moffat Nyrienda ◽  
Lauren Rodgers ◽  
Gershim Asiki ◽  
Louis Banda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Low Hdl ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionLow high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is widely used as a marker of cardiovascular disease risk, although this relationship is not causal and is likely mediated through associations with other risk factors. Low HDL is extremely common in sub-Saharan African populations, and this has often been interpreted to indicate that these populations will have increased cardiovascular risk. We aimed to determine whether the association between HDL and other cardiovascular risk factors differed between populations in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.MethodsWe compared data from adults living in Uganda and Malawi (n=26 216) and in the UK (n=8747). We examined unadjusted and adjusted levels of HDL and applied the WHO recommended cut-offs for prevalence estimates. We used spline and linear regression to assess the relationship between HDL and other cardiovascular risk factors.ResultsHDL was substantially lower in the African than in the European studies (geometric mean 0.9–1.2 mmol/L vs 1.3–1.8 mmol/L), with African prevalence of low HDL as high as 77%. Total cholesterol was also substantially lower (geometric mean 3.3–3.9 mmol/L vs 4.6–5.4 mmol/L). In comparison with European studies the relationship between HDL and adiposity (body mass index, waist to hip ratio) was greatly attenuated in African studies and the relationship with non-HDL cholesterol reversed: in African studies low HDL was associated with lower non-HDL cholesterol. The association between sex and HDL was also different; using the WHO sex-specific definitions, low HDL was substantially more common among women (69%–77%) than men (41%–59%) in Uganda/Malawi.ConclusionThe relationship between HDL and sex, adiposity and non-HDL cholesterol in sub-Saharan Africa is different from European populations. In sub-Saharan Africans low HDL is a marker of low overall cholesterol and sex differences are markedly attenuated. Therefore low HDL in isolation is unlikely to indicate raised cardiovascular risk and the WHO sex-based cut-offs are inappropriate.

Abstract P114: Metabolic Syndrome is Associated with Abnormal Ankle Brachial Index: Estimates From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004)

Circulation ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 133 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Singh ◽  
Courtney Pilkerton ◽  
Stephanie Frisbee
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Ankle Brachial Index ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
P Value ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Low Hdl ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and low ankle-brachial index (ABI) share interrelated cardiovascular risk factors and are thus both strong indicators of an atherosclerotic process. However, few clinicians consider metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for abnormally low ABI and subsequent peripheral arterial disease. Therefore, it is necessary to highlight the relationship between abnormal ABI and MetS and the role of cardiovascular risk factors on this relationship. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that persons with MetS compared to those without, are more likely to experience abnormally low ABI even after accounting for additional cardiovascular risk factors not defined in the MetS. Methods: The eligible population consisted of 7,458 men and women aged 40 years and older, with and without cardiovascular disease (CVD) participating in The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999-2004. Subjects were evaluated, according to the American Heart Association definitions, for abnormally low ABI < 1.0 (which included borderline low and low ABI) and metabolic syndrome with ≥ 3 of the following 5 components; central obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL cholesterol, hyperglycemia and hypertension. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to identify relationships between abnormal ABI and MetS, with adjustments for additional cardiovascular risk factors in multivariate models. Results: Participants with metabolic syndrome, as compared to those without, were 1.51 (95% CI, 1.01-2.26) times more likely to experience abnormally lower values of ABI after adjusting for gender, race, education, smoking and CRP. The relationship between abnormal ABI and MetS was modified by age (p value 0.01) but not by gender (p value 0.10) or race (p value 0.09). Additionally, odds of a lower ABI was highest for those with 4-5 components of MetS compared to those with 0-2 components (OR, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.44 to 3.43). Examining individual MetS components in fully adjusted models revealed that hypertriglyceridemia (OR, 1.69; 95% CI, 1.16 to 2.46) and low HDL cholesterol (OR, 1.81; 95% CI, 1.15 to 2.87) were associated with higher odds of abnormal ABI. Conclusions: In conclusion, the presence of MetS in adults with and without CVD was associated with abnormally low ABI, even after accounting for additional cardiovascular risk factors not defined by the MetS. This study suggests that timely clinician awareness of abnormally low ABI in persons with at least three MetS components, hypertriglyceridemia or low HDL cholesterol, may be useful in preventing the debilitating effects of peripheral artery disease.

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