Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students
Introduction: Detection of cardiovascular risk in young age is important to motivate them to modify life styles and seek health care early to lower the chances of acquiring cardiovascular disease in later age. This study was done to assess cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical student...
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| author | Raj Krishna Dangol Bibek Koju Priya Lanjekar Chandrashekhar Pulipati |
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| description | Introduction: Detection of cardiovascular risk in young age is important to motivate them to modify life styles and seek health care early to lower the chances of acquiring cardiovascular disease in later age. This study was done to assess cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted throughout September and October 2017 in which all first year medical students from a medical college were assessed for the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. Participants’ demography, family history of illness, anthropometric measurements, and blood reports of lipid profile and fasting glucose were acquired. Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-21).
Result: There were 99 participants; 55 males and 44 females. One or more risk factors were present in 87 (87.9%) participants. Moreover, 67.7% (n = 67) participants had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common (n = 55, 55.6%) risk factor followed by elevated triacylglycerol (n = 47, 47.5%) and family history of hypertension (n = 45, 45.5%). There was no significant difference in presence of various risk factors between genders.
Conclusion: There was higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students. Majority of them had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common risk factor. The risk factors were comparable in males and females. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-097c8a49c2b148539689cdba59429c752022-12-22T01:10:07ZengLumbini Medical CollegeJournal of Lumbini Medical College2392-46322542-26182017-12-015210.22502/jlmc.v5i2.159Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical StudentsRaj Krishna Dangol0Bibek Koju1Priya Lanjekar2Chandrashekhar Pulipati3Lumbini Medical CollegeLumbini Medical collegeDepartment of Biochemistry, Lumbini Medical CollegeLumbini Medical CollegeIntroduction: Detection of cardiovascular risk in young age is important to motivate them to modify life styles and seek health care early to lower the chances of acquiring cardiovascular disease in later age. This study was done to assess cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted throughout September and October 2017 in which all first year medical students from a medical college were assessed for the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. Participants’ demography, family history of illness, anthropometric measurements, and blood reports of lipid profile and fasting glucose were acquired. Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-21). Result: There were 99 participants; 55 males and 44 females. One or more risk factors were present in 87 (87.9%) participants. Moreover, 67.7% (n = 67) participants had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common (n = 55, 55.6%) risk factor followed by elevated triacylglycerol (n = 47, 47.5%) and family history of hypertension (n = 45, 45.5%). There was no significant difference in presence of various risk factors between genders. Conclusion: There was higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among first year medical students. Majority of them had more than one risk factors. Low HDL-cholesterol was the most common risk factor. The risk factors were comparable in males and females.https://jlmc.edu.np/index.php/JLMC/article/view/159cardiovascular diseasemedical studentprevalencerisk factorrisk assessment |
| spellingShingle | Raj Krishna Dangol Bibek Koju Priya Lanjekar Chandrashekhar Pulipati Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students Journal of Lumbini Medical College cardiovascular disease medical student prevalence risk factor risk assessment |
| title | Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students |
| title_full | Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students |
| title_fullStr | Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students |
| title_short | Cardiovascular Risk Factors among First Year Medical Students |
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| topic | cardiovascular disease medical student prevalence risk factor risk assessment |
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