Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Hypertension and obesity are established and independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. There are important inter-relationships between these two factors that may explain the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. To determine the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a rural community...

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Main Authors:	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Satwi, Sapari, Mohamed, Awang, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul
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Published:	Academic Journals 2010
Subjects:	RC Internal medicine
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spelling	iium-1182011-11-29T13:04:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/118/ Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Mohamed, Awang Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Draman, Samsul RC Internal medicine Hypertension and obesity are established and independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. There are important inter-relationships between these two factors that may explain the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. To determine the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a rural community setting in Malaysia, and to identify their associated risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted among residents aged of 18 years and above at a Kampung, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia from 2007 to 2008. Sample size was 219. Prevalence of hypertension was 35.6% (78), with the highest prevalence among those aged of 45 years and above (50.0%). The prevalence of hypertension was notably higher in males compared to females, (38.9 versus 34.0%). In addition, the prevalence of obesity was 54.8%, with the highest prevalence among those aged 55 to 64 years (66.7%). The obese respondents were at higher risk to be hypertensive (OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 0.744, 2.277). The prevalence of hypertension and obesity in this study was high which herald the need for prevention programs for these risk factors in such rural communities at Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia. Academic Journals 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/118/1/prevalence_of_cardiovascular_risk_factors.pdf Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Satwi, Sapari and Mohamed, Awang and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Draman, Samsul (2010) Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2 (10). pp. 322-328. ISSN 2006-9723 http://www.academicjournals.org/IJMMS/PDF/pdf2010/Oct/Akter%20et%20al.pdf
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spellingShingle	RC Internal medicine Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Mohamed, Awang Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Draman, Samsul Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
description	Hypertension and obesity are established and independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. There are important inter-relationships between these two factors that may explain the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. To determine the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a rural community setting in Malaysia, and to identify their associated risk factors, a cross-sectional study was conducted among residents aged of 18 years and above at a Kampung, Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia from 2007 to 2008. Sample size was 219. Prevalence of hypertension was 35.6% (78), with the highest prevalence among those aged of 45 years and above (50.0%). The prevalence of hypertension was notably higher in males compared to females, (38.9 versus 34.0%). In addition, the prevalence of obesity was 54.8%, with the highest prevalence among those aged 55 to 64 years (66.7%). The obese respondents were at higher risk to be hypertensive (OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 0.744, 2.277). The prevalence of hypertension and obesity in this study was high which herald the need for prevention programs for these risk factors in such rural communities at Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia.
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author	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Mohamed, Awang Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Draman, Samsul
author_facet	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Mohamed, Awang Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Draman, Samsul
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title	Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at kuantan, pahang, malaysia
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publishDate	2010
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Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

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