Prevalence and risk factors of lower extremity disease in high risk groups in Malawi: a stratified cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Low/middle-income countries face a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular diseases. However, among cardiovascular diseases, burden of and associations with lower extremity disease (LED) (peripheral arterial disease and/or neuropathy) is neglected. We investigated the prevalence and factors associated with LED among individuals known to have cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRFs) in Malawi, a low-income country with a significant prevalence of CVDRFs.

Design

This was a stratified cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was conducted in urban Lilongwe Area 25, and the rural Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance Site.

Participants

Participants were at least 18 years old and had been identified to have two or more known CVDRFs.

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SUBMITTER: Kasenda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature