Diabetes: Prevalence, prognosis and management of a potent cardiovascular risk factor

[Cardiovascular risk factor prevalence in university students].

OBJECTIVE Determining cardiovascular risk factor prevalence in university students from Medellin. DESIGN A descriptive study of 112 students determined their lipid profile and a survey was conducted to assess their life-style and family history. There results were analyzed by gender using Chi² test and simple binary logistic regression. RESULTS 82.1 % of the sample was female. A modifiable ...

Cardiovascular multimorbidity: the effect of ethnicity on prevalence and risk factor management.

BACKGROUND Multimorbidity is common in primary care populations. Within cardiovascular disease, important differences in disease prevalence and risk factor management by ethnicity are recognised. AIM To examine the population burden of cardiovascular multimorbidity and the management of modifiable risk factors by ethnicity. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study of general practices (148/...

Risk Factors and Prevalence of Diabetes: A Cross Sectional Study in Kabul, Afghanistan 2015

Objective: Burden of diabetes is increasing worldwide. National statistics on prevalence of diabetes in Afghanistan are insufficient. Thus, this study identified the prevalence of diabetes and key risk factors in Kabul, Afghanistan. Materials and Methods: Totally 1172 records were cleaned for analysis of whom 599 (51.1%) were females and 573 (48.9%) were males with a mean age of 38.6±...

A Review of Neck Circumference As a Potent Anthropometric Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome

Introduction: Obesity is considered to be a major risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS). The present study aimed to investigate the associations of neck circumference (NC) with cardiovascular diseases and MetS in adults. Methods: This review was conducted via searching in databases such as Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar using various keywords, ...

Osteoporosis: a cardiovascular risk factor equivalent to type 2 diabetes