Modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the prevalence, magnitude and factors associated with the number of major modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.

Design

Community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

General population in urban and rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia.

Participants

A total of 2483 adults aged 25-64 years were selected using the three-stage random sampling.

Outcome measures

Prevalence of major modifiable CVD risk factors, co-occurrences and the number of modifiable CVD risk factors.

Results

The major modifiable CVD risk factors documented in the Wolaita area were smoking with a weighted prevalence of 0.8%, hypercholesterolaemia 5.0%, hypertriglyceridaemia 15.5%, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) 31.3%, high systolic bl

SUBMITTER: Kumma WP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981344 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature