Excess risk attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in clinical practice settings across Europe - The EURIKA Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians involved in primary prevention are key players in CVD risk control strategies, but the expected reduction in CVD risk that would be obtained if all patients attending primary care had their risk factors controlled according to current guidelines is unknown. The objective of this study was to estimate the excess risk attributable, firstly, to the presence of CVD risk factors and, secondly, to the lack of control of these risk factors in primary prevention care across Europe.

Methods

Cross-sectional study using data from the European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Daily Practice (EURIKA), which involved primary care and outpatient clinics involved in primary prevention from 12 European countries between May 2009 and January 2010

SUBMITTER: Guallar E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3184074 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature