Absolute cardiovascular risk scores and medication use in rural India: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We compared the performance of laboratory-based cardiovascular risk prediction tools in a low-income and middle-income country setting, and estimated the use of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering medications in those deemed at high risk of a cardiovascular event.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study population comprised adult residents (aged ≥18 years) of the Rishi Valley region located in Chittoor District, south-western Andhra Pradesh, India.

Participants

7935 participants were surveyed between 2012 and 2015. We computed the 10-year cardiovascular risk and undertook pair-to-pair analyses between various risk tools used to predict a fatal or non-fatal cardiovascular event (Framingham Risk Score (FRS), World Health Organization Risk Sco

SUBMITTER: Birhanu MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9036467 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature