Urbanization, Altitude and Cardiovascular Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited information regarding the variation of the cardiovascular (CV) risk, that combines multiple risk factors in one metric, according to urbanization and altitude.

Objective

To assess and disentangle the potential association between urbanization and altitude with absolute CV risk using Peruvian nationally representative surveys.

Methods

Pooled analysis of Peruvian Demographic Health Surveys (from 2014 to 2020), including subjects aged between 40 and 74 years, was conducted. The outcome of interest was the 10-year predicted absolute CV risk based on the non-laboratory version of the World Health Organization (WHO) and split into <10% and ≥10%. The exposures were urbanization (rural or urban) and altitude (<500 meters above the sea level [m.a.s.

SUBMITTER: Bernabe-Ortiz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231580 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature