Cardiovascular disease risk factors among school children of Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Primarily, we assessed the distribution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among school children living in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. In addition to this, we sought the association between place of residence and modifiable CVD risk factors among them.

Design, setting and participants

This cross-sectional study was conducted among 854 school children (aged 12-18 years) of Bangladesh. Ten public high schools (five from Dhaka and five from Sirajgonj district) were selected randomly and subjects from those were recruited conveniently. To link the family milieu of CVD risk factors, a parent of each children was also interviewed.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Distribution of CVD risk factors was measured using descriptive statistics as

SUBMITTER: Islam TMM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7580045 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature