Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in physicians.
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چکیده
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among physicians at a teaching hospital. In total, 203 men and 167 women were included in the study. The participants filled in a questionnaire; their height, weight, blood pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose levels were added. 19.2 % males and 13.8 % females were smokers, hypertension was diagnosed in 10 % of males and in 6.6 % of females, 52.2 % males and 17.4 % females were overweight, 37 % males and 43.1 % females had hypercholesterolemia. The above findings suggest that Czech physicians have more favourable values of all the studied cardiovascular diseases risk factors than the general Czech population. However, Czech physicians smoke more than those in other countries and their level of cardiovascular diseases risk factors is unsatisfactory and calls for further intensive prevention. Preliminary outcomes of the study repeated after two years show no positive trends as well as physicians' low willingness to actively participate in lowering cardiovascular diseases risk factors.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
دوره 149 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005