Publikation

Vascular risk factors in the Swiss population

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 15.04.2005

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Nedeltchev K, Swiss Heart Foundation, Mattle H, Tettenborn B, Sztajzel R, Hayoz D, Erne P, Devuyst G, Baumgartner R, Arnold M, Cerebrovascular Working Group of Switzerland. Vascular risk factors in the Swiss population. J Neurol 2005; 252:1210-6.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
J Neurol 2005; 252
Veröffentlichungsdatum
15.04.2005
ISSN (Druck)
0340-5354
Seiten
1210-6
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Identification of the population at risk of stroke remains the best approach to assess the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

METHODS
The prevalence of hypertension (HT), hypercholesterolemia (HCh), diabetes mellitus (DM), overweight (OW), obesity (OB), tobacco use (SM), and their combinations was examined in 4,458 Swiss persons (1,741 men and 2,717 women, mean age 57.8 +/- 15 years), who volunteered for the present survey.

RESULTS
OW was the most prevalent risk factor (50 %), followed by HT (47%), HCh (33%), SM (13 %) and DM (1.6 %). The proportion of persons without risk factors (RF) was 19.9%, with 1 RF 41.5%, 2 RF 33.8%, 3 RF 4%, and 4 RF 0.9%. OW was more prevalent in men than in women (53% vs. 41%, P=0.02). More men than women aged 41-50 years and 51-60 years had HT (49 % vs. 36%, P=0.01, and 52 % vs. 42%, P=0.02). The prevalence of HCh and DM did not show any sex-related differences. HT, OW and HCh were not only the most common single risk factors, but were also most likely to aggregate with each other.

CONCLUSIONS
The majority of Swiss people have one or two vascular risk factors. OW and HT are by far most common and are likely to aggregate with each other. A small modification of these two factors would reduce the incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction significantly.