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1. Thyroid dysfunction in Greece: Results from the national health examination survey EMENO

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Paraskevi V. Voulgari, Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Natasa Kalpourtzi, Magda Gavana, Apostolos Vantarakis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Grigoris Chlouverakis, Grigoris Trypsianis, Yannis Alamanos, Giota Touloumi, and on behalf of the EMENO study group

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Medicine, Science
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Background Nationwide data on thyroid disease prevalence in Greece is lacking. Using the national health examination survey EMENO data resources, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and associated risk factors in adults living in Greece. Methods A random sample of the adults (≥18 years) living in Greece was drawn by multi-stage stratified random sampling based on the 2011 census. During home visits, trained interviewers administered a standardized questionnaire to study participants. All participants answered questions concerning demographic parameters (e.g., age, sex, degree of urbanization, income) and questions concerning smoking habits, alcohol, dietary habits and psychological parameters such as anxiety and thyroid disease. Weighted logistic regression models were fitted to assess factors associated with thyroid disease. Results In total, 6006 individuals were recruited in the Greek Health Examination Survey EMENO (response rate 72%) of whom 5981 were eligible for this study. The prevalence of thyroid disease was 9%, where 0.4% was related to hyperthyroidism and 8.6% to hypothyroidism. The prevalence of thyroid disease was higher in women (14.9%) than men (2.7%) (pConclusion The prevalence of thyroid disease in Greece is higher in women. Age, habits, and characteristics of geographic areas determine the distribution of thyroidopathies in Greece.

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2022

2. High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in adults living in Greece: the EMENO National Health Examination Survey

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Giota Touloumi, Argiro Karakosta, Natasa Kalpourtzi, Magda Gavana, Apostolos Vantarakis, Maria Kantzanou, Christos Hajichristodoulou, Grigoris Chlouverakis, Grigoris Trypsianis, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, Yannis Alamanos, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Stavros Liatis, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, George Stergiou, and on behalf of the EMENO study group

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Hypercholesterolemia, Population, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Diabetes mellitus, Epidemiology, Diabetes Mellitus, Prevalence, Humans, Medicine, Obesity, 030212 general & internal medicine, education, Population-based study, education.field_of_study, Greece, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public health, Diabetes, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Middle Aged, Cardiovascular disease, medicine.disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, Blood pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Disease Risk Factors, Hypertension, Health examination survey, Female, Biostatistics, business, Body mass index, Research Article, Demography
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Background Nationwide data on cardiovascular risk factors prevalence is lacking in Greece. This work presents the findings of the national health examination survey EMENO (2013–2016) regarding the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, obesity and smoking. Methods A random sample of adults (≥18 years) was drawn by multistage stratified random sampling based on 2011 Census. All EMENO participants with ≥1 measurement of interest [blood pressure (BP), fasting glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol (TC), Body Mass Index (BMI)] were included. Hypertension was defined as BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg and/or antihypertensive treatment; diabetes as fasting glucose≥126 mg/dL and/or HbA1c ≥ 6.5% or self-reported diabetes; hypercholesterolemia as TC ≥ 190 mg/dL. Sampling weights were applied to adjust for study design and post-stratification weights to match sample age and sex distribution to population one. Non-response was adjusted by inverse probability weighting. Results Of 6006 EMENO participants, 4822 were included (51.5% females, median age:47.9 years). The prevalence of hypertension was 39.2%, higher in men (42.4%) than in women (36.1%); of hypercholesterolemia 60.2%, similar in men (59.5%) and women (60.9%); of diabetes 11.6%, similar men (12.4%) and women (10.9%); of obesity 32.1%, higher in women (33.5% vs 30.2%), although in subjects aged 18–40 year it was higher in men; of current smoking 38.2%, higher in men (44.0%) than in women (32.7%). The prevalence of all risk factors increased substantially with age, except smoking, which followed an inverse U shape. Conclusions The burden of cardiovascular risk factors among Greek adults is alarming. There is considerable preventive potential and actions at health care and societal level are urgently needed.

Published
2020

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