Publication: Ten-Years Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment among Health Camp Attendees
Date
2025
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Institute of Medicine
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Introduction: Cardiovascular disease burden has been increasing globally. The risk was greater in low-middle-income countries than in developed countries. The objective of the study was to assess the ten years CVD risk among the health camp attendees.
Methods: Physiometric measurement of the 159 participants was used as data. The major variables were height, weight, systolic blood pressure, gender, and smoking. WHO non-laboratory-based CVD risk chart was used to analyze data.
Results: The mean age (SD) of the participants was 45.64 (±13.97) ranging from 19 to 82 years. The majority of participants (99, 62.3%) were female, Brahmin/Chhetri (93, 58.5%), and 20 (12.6%) were smokers. The mean systolic BP (SD) was 121.84 (±19.3) mmHg ranging from 90 to 200, among this 62.9% of participants had less than 120 mmHg. Similarly, the mean body mass index (SD) was 25.3 (±5.1) ranging from 16.6 to 38.8, out of this 42.8% had a body mass index of 20-24. Regarding the ten years CVD risk of participants, the majority (76.1%) had very low CVD risk followed by 14.5% low risk, and 9.4% had a moderate risk. There was no high and very high CVD risk found among participants. Ten year CVD risk had strong positive relation (r=0.795) with age and a moderated positive relation (r= 0.519) with systolic BP at 0.01 level of significance.
Conclusion: CVD risk was lower among the participants who were female, non-smoker, systolic BP <140, and normal body mass index. Therefore, priority should be given to those who are smoker and abnormal SBP and BMI.
Keywords: Cardiovascular disease; health camp attendees; non-laboratory risk chart; risk assessment
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Pratima Khatri1,3, Jamuna Tamrakar Sayami2,3, Bhawana Regmi3
1Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
2Dhulikhel Institute of Medical Sciences, Kavre
3Society of Cardiothoracic Vascular Nurse Nepal
Keywords
Cardiovascular disease, health camp attendees, non-laboratory risk chart, risk assessment