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Assessment of Cardiovascular Health Status Among Patients Visited to Hospital | |
Pradeep Kumar DP, Raghav, Nandeshwar Amardip Anna | |
Background: The present study was conducted to assess the cardiovascular health status among patients visited to hospital. Materials & Methods: A total of 200 subjects were screened in the present study. A predesigned and pretested semistructured schedule was developed with the help of Ideal Cardiovascular Health criteria given by the American Heart association. Complete socio-demographic and clinical details of all the subjects were obtained. Blood samples were obtained, and lipid profile was evaluated in all the subjects. Anthropometric variables were evaluated. Personal habit history was recorded, and hemodynamic variables were recorded separately. Results: Hypertension was seen in 43.5 percent of the subjects while deranged fasting blood glucose levels were seen in 13 percent of the subjects. Dyslipidemia and obesity were seen in 46 percent and 44 percent of the patients. While correlating the cardiovascular health with gender, it was seen that deranged lipid profile and obesity significantly correlated with male gender. Conclusion: Cardiovascular health status of the adult population of was very poor. Large proportion of the study participants of were suffering from high blood sugar, poor BMI, and poor level of cholesterol. |
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