Ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease and its association with metabolic risk factors among waste pickers in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among non-communicable diseases in South Africa. Several metabolic risk factors contribute to the development of CVD. Informal workers such as waste pickers could be unhealthy lifestyle naive, and most public health research on CVD does not include this understudied population. This study estimated the 10-year risk of fatal CVD and its association with metabolic risk factors in an understudied study population of waste pickers in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among waste pickers in two landfill sites in Johannesburg. We used the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) risk charts to estimate the 10-year risk of fatal CVD. We then employed ordinary least squa

SUBMITTER: Made F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8272349 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature