High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a Western urban Turkish population: a community-based study

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Unal B., Sozmen K., Ucku R., Ergor G., Soysal A., Baydur H., ...Daha Fazla

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.9-17, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/akd.2013.002
  • Dergi Adı: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-17
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Diabetes mellitus, obesity, smoking, Framingham risk score, coronary heart disease, prevalence, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, METABOLIC SYNDROME, EVENT RATES, TRENDS, MORTALITY, OBESITY, EUROPE, WOMEN, MEN
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the largest cause of morbidity and mortality in Turkey and in the World. Heart of Balcova Project is a community-based health promotion project that aims to reduce CVD incidence and prevalence through risk factor modification in the individual and population level. This paper presents results of the baseline survey that aimed to define CVD risk factors and risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) in the Balcova population.