Evaluation of cardiovascular risk factors among university students in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey

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Background. ?a. Recent.data.indicate. increasing. rates. of. mortality.from. cardiovascular. (CV). disease. in.Turkey..This. study. aimed. to.evaluate. CV.disease. risk.factors.among.university.students. in.Northern. Turkey...Methods.?a.In.this. cross. sectional.descriptive. study,.302.students.were. randomly. recruited.(171.females.(57%).and. 131. males. (43%),. mean.age.of.20?à2.1.years).. Blood.glucose,.cholesterol. profile.(total,. high.density.lipoprotein.(HDL).and.low. density. lipoprotein. (LDL).cholesterols),.triglyceride,. glycosylated. haemoglobin,. resting. blood. pressure,. and. body. mass. index. were. measured. using. standard. protocols.. All.participants. were. asked. to. complete. a. questionnaire. including. questions. on. lifestyle,. genetic. predisposition,. smoking. habit,. and.psychosocial.factors...Results.?a.The.mean.systolic.and.diastolic.blood.pressure.of. students. were. 127.1?à13.5.mmHg. and.78.3?à12.4. mmHg..The.mean. values.were.98.4?à14.2. mg/dL. for. fasting. blood. glucose. value,. 5.4?à0.4. for. HbA1C,. 80.0?à10.3. beats/min. for. heart. rate,. for. total. cholesterol. 199.1?à24.6.mg/dL,. 43.8?à9.9. mg/dL. for. HDL,. 114.7?à24.1. mg/dL. for. LDL,. 199.1?à24.6. mg/dL. for. trygliceride,. 24.8?à3.6. kg/m2. for. body. mass. index,.97.6?à17.9. cm. for. waist. circumference.. No. significant. difference. was. observed. between. gender. according. to. CV. risk. factors'. values.statistically.. It. was. observed. that. 111. (36.8%). students. were. overweight,. 32. (10.6%). were. obes.. About. 135. (44.0%). of. students. had.abnormally.unacceptable.WC.value...Smoking.habit.was.seen. in.130. (43.0%).students.[73. (24.2%).male.and.57.(18.9%). female]...Conclusion. ?a. A. substantial. proportion. of. Turkish. students. were. overweight. or. obese,. and. had. smoking. habit.. Our. results. underscore. the.need. to. implement. health.promotion. programmes. and.perform.large? scale. epidemiological.studies. within. the.general. Turkish. young.adult.population