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    Distribution of ideal cardiovascular health in a community-based cohort of Middle East population

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    Moghaddam, MM; Mohebi, R; Hosseini, F; Lotfaliany, M; Azizi, F; Saadat, N; Hadaegh, F
    Date
    2014-03-01
    Source Title
    Annals of Saudi Medicine
    Publisher
    K FAISAL SPEC HOSP RES CENTRE
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Lotfaliany Abrand Abadi, Mojtaba
    Affiliation
    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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    Moghaddam, M. M., Mohebi, R., Hosseini, F., Lotfaliany, M., Azizi, F., Saadat, N. & Hadaegh, F. (2014). Distribution of ideal cardiovascular health in a community-based cohort of Middle East population. ANNALS OF SAUDI MEDICINE, 34 (2), pp.134-142. https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2014.134.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/259644
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    10.5144/0256-4947.2014.134
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To improve cardiovascular (CV) health of American population, the American Heart Association (AHA) developed definitions of ideal, intermediate, and poor CV health based on 7 accessible health metrics. The applicability of this construct and the distribution of its components in the community-based populations in the Middle East region have not been reported. DESIGN AND SETTINGS: A prospective population-based cohort study conducted from 1999 to 2011. METHODS: We used data from phase 4 of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (2009-2011) (2861 women and 2004 men, aged >= 20 years) to estimate the frequency of CV health levels (ideal, intermediate, and poor) in adults of both genders, and the frequency of each metric at each level of CV health. The median or mean of each CV health metric was also estimated in the whole spectrum of CV health in all subgroups. RESULTS: Only 1 adult participant met all 7 ideal CV health metrics; 25.01% of women and 26% of men had intermediate CV health; 74.8% of women and 74% of men exhibited poor CV health. Only 19.7% of women and 10.3% of men had 5 or more ideal CV health metrics. Nonsmoking was the most frequent ideal health behavior. A total of 89.6% of participants had 1 or 2 ideal CV health behaviors. Ideal smoking and fasting plasma glucose had the highest frequency of CV health factors among others. CONCLUSION: The frequency of ideal CV health was extremely low in this cohort of adults. The frequency of intermediate CV health was also low, and it may be significantly lower in the general population.

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