Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in rural South India: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) accounted for one-third of the deaths in India. We conducted a cohort study to estimate the incidence of CVD and the association of established risk factors with the incident CVD in a rural population in South India.

Design, setting and participants

We conducted a community-based cohort study among 6026 adults aged 25-64 years in five villages in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. We did baseline (2005-2007) and two follow-up surveys in 2008-2009 and 2013-2015. Risk factors studied were tobacco, alcohol, hypertension, self-reported diabetes and central obesity.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures were fatal or non-fatal ischaemic heart disease or cerebrovascular event. We estimated HRs for the risk factors and population attr

SUBMITTER: Kaur P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830617 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature