Maria Vassilaki1, Manolis Linardakis2, Donna M Polk3, Αnastas Philalithis2. 1. Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: mvassilaki@med.uoc.gr. 2. Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece. 3. Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to assess the burden of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) behavioral risk factors (BRFs) (i.e., smoking, excess body weight, physical inactivity, risky alcohol consumption) among individuals in the community with and without CVD history. METHODS: For the current study, a subset of the data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) was analyzed, which were collected from 26,743 individuals aged 50+ years old, during the 1st wave of SHARE in 2004/05 in eleven European countries. RESULTS: Among those with CVD, there is a statistically significant higher percentage of inactive individuals (81.4% vs. 69.5 among those without CVD), and of individuals with excess body weight (64.3%) or obese (21.6%). Patients with CVD had a lower prevalence of smoking and risky alcohol consumption in most countries, whereas the prevalence of high body weight and physical inactivity was higher in CVD patients compared to individuals without CVD in almost all countries. More than half of the population has at least two BRFs, with a significantly higher prevalence of multiple BRFs among those diagnosed with CVD. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that a significant burden of behavioral risk factors for CVD remains in the population overall but also among patients diagnosed with CVD. Given the significant prevalence of BRFs, the prevention benefits would be immense for all stakeholders involved and negligence would be perilous.
OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to assess the burden of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) behavioral risk factors (BRFs) (i.e., smoking, excess body weight, physical inactivity, risky alcohol consumption) among individuals in the community with and without CVD history. METHODS: For the current study, a subset of the data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) was analyzed, which were collected from 26,743 individuals aged 50+ years old, during the 1st wave of SHARE in 2004/05 in eleven European countries. RESULTS: Among those with CVD, there is a statistically significant higher percentage of inactive individuals (81.4% vs. 69.5 among those without CVD), and of individuals with excess body weight (64.3%) or obese (21.6%). Patients with CVD had a lower prevalence of smoking and risky alcohol consumption in most countries, whereas the prevalence of high body weight and physical inactivity was higher in CVDpatients compared to individuals without CVD in almost all countries. More than half of the population has at least two BRFs, with a significantly higher prevalence of multiple BRFs among those diagnosed with CVD. CONCLUSION: Study findings suggest that a significant burden of behavioral risk factors for CVD remains in the population overall but also among patients diagnosed with CVD. Given the significant prevalence of BRFs, the prevention benefits would be immense for all stakeholders involved and negligence would be perilous.
Authors: Lawrence J Fine; G Stephane Philogene; Robert Gramling; Elliot J Coups; Sarbajit Sinha Journal: Am J Prev Med Date: 2004-08 Impact factor: 5.043
Authors: Kornelia Kotseva; David Wood; Guy De Backer; Dirk De Bacquer; Kalevi Pyörälä; Ulrich Keil Journal: Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil Date: 2009-04
Authors: Ángeles C Ochoa-Martínez; Tania Ruíz-Vera; Lucia G Pruneda-Álvarez; Ana K González-Palomo; Claudia I Almendarez-Reyna; Francisco J Pérez-Vázquez; Iván N Pérez-Maldonado Journal: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Date: 2016-10-31 Impact factor: 4.223
Authors: Mónica S Pérez-Vázquez; Ángeles C Ochoa-Martínez; Tania RuÍz-Vera; Yesenia Araiza-Gamboa; Iván N Pérez-Maldonado Journal: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Date: 2017-10-06 Impact factor: 4.223
Authors: Nuria Perretta-Tejedor; Javier Fernández-Mateos; Luis García-Ortiz; Manuel A Gómez-Marcos; José I Recio-Rodríguez; Cristina Agudo-Conde; Emiliano Rodriguez-Sánchez; Ana I Morales; Francisco J López-Hernández; José M López-Novoa; Rogelio González-Sarmiento; Carlos Martínez-Salgado Journal: Sci Rep Date: 2017-02-03 Impact factor: 4.379