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Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in two population-based studies.
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Atherosclerosis. Supplements [Atheroscler Suppl] 2018 Sep; Vol. 35, pp. e14-e20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 25. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- We aimed to compare cardiovascular risk factors prevalence in Italy and Russia through cross-sectional database analysis. The study has been based on data from ESSE-RF and from baseline of PLIC study, two population-based epidemiological studies aimed to investigate prevalence of risk factors and evaluating contribution of traditional and new risk factors into morbidity and cardiovascular mortality. A total of 2203 patients with left and right intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements constituted the source population (1205 from PLIC study and 998 from ESSE-RF study). Sample of ESSE-RF study had slightly more diabetic and hypertensive individuals, while the percentage of subjects with high cholesterol value was lower than in the other sample (67.1% vs 79.9%). The median LDL-C value was higher among individuals not treated with statins in the PLIC sample (p < 0.001), while was comparable among subjects receiving statin therapy. On the other hand, the percentage of individuals with positive cardiovascular history was higher in ESSE-RF sample. This could also explain the higher mean IMT value (0.71 ± 0.17 vs 0.63 ± 0.13) in the whole sample, and among patients without past cardiovascular events (regardless of statin treatment), despite some differences in major risk factors. Despite Russian and Italian populations are culturally and geographically different, they are not so different based on characteristics analyzed.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Biomarkers blood
Blood Glucose analysis
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases mortality
Carotid Artery Diseases diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases epidemiology
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Cholesterol blood
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual
Diabetes Mellitus diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus epidemiology
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia diagnosis
Hypercholesterolemia epidemiology
Hypertension diagnosis
Hypertension epidemiology
Italy epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Russia epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1878-5050
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Atherosclerosis. Supplements
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30177370
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosissup.2018.08.003