FREQUENCY OF RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AMONGST PEOPLE WORKING IN SECRETARIATE

摘要

Objectives: To find out frequency of various risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) amongst people working in provincial secretariate of Khyber pukhtoon khawa. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study involving provincial secretariate personale recruited in Peshawar Heart Study (PHS). All participants were interviewed in detail for coronary artery disease risk factors including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking and family history. Their blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and waisthip ratio were measured. Their random blood sugar, total cholesterol and ECG was obtained. Results: A total of 275 secretariate personale were included in the study. Their mean age± SD was 39.85±9.875 years. Male were 274(99.6%) and Female were 1(.4%). Married personale were 233(84.7%) while unmarried were 41(14.9%).Frequency of risk factors included diabetes mellitus(5.1%) ,hypertension(17.1%) ,smoking(19.6%) ,hypercholesterolemia(22.9%) ,and positivefamily history for CAD(20.72%) respectively . Mean BMI±SD was 25.45±4.24;those who do not exercise were 86(31.3%). Conclusion: We found that risk factors for cardiovascular diseases like lack of exercise, smoking, hyperlipidemia, Obesity and hypertension are quite frequent in this group.