Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan, Malaysia
We conducted a cross sectional study of cardiovascular risk factors among healthcare workers at four government hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia. We randomly selected 330 subjects fulfilling the following study criteria: those who had been working for at least one year at that health facility, Malay...
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| author | Hazmi, Helmy Wan Rosli, W. I. Abd Jalil, Rohana Gan, Siew Hua Hamid, Noor Fadzlina Harun, Rosliza Shafei,, Mohd Nazri Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad Ismail, Shaiful Bahri Musa, Kamarul Imran |
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| description | We conducted a cross sectional study of cardiovascular risk factors among healthcare workers at four government hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia. We randomly selected 330 subjects fulfilling the following study criteria: those
who had been working for at least one year at that health facility, Malaysians citizens and those with some form of direct contact with patients. We conducted an interview, obtained physical measurements, a fasting blood sugar and fasting lipid profiles among 308 subjects. The mean age of the subjects was 43.5 years, 82% were female; 30.8%, 14.3%, 10.4%, 1.3% and 1.6% of the subjects had dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, a history of stroke and a history of ischemic heart disease, respectively. Forty-two percent of subjects had at least one medical condition. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.0 kg/m2 (SD=4.8) and 24.3% haM BMI >30 kg/m2. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures
were 121.5 mmHg (SD=14.0) and 76.5 mmHg (SD=9.7), respectively and the mean waist-hip ratio was 0.84 (SD=O.I). The mean fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein were 5.8 mmol/l (SD=2.4), 5.5 mmol/l (SD=1.0), 1.4 mmol/l (SD=0.9), 1.5 mmol/l (SD=0.3) and 3.5 mmol/l (SD=0.9), respectively. Our study population had a smaller proportion of hypertension than that of the general Malaysian population. They had higher
fasting total cholesterol, slightly lower fasting blood sugar, with a large proportion of them, obese and had diabetes. Immediate intervention is needed to reduce the
traditional cardiovascular risk factors in this population. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-317262017-08-28T05:02:45Z http://eprints.usm.my/31726/ Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan, Malaysia Hazmi, Helmy Wan Rosli, W. I. Abd Jalil, Rohana Gan, Siew Hua Hamid, Noor Fadzlina Harun, Rosliza Shafei,, Mohd Nazri Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad Ismail, Shaiful Bahri Musa, Kamarul Imran RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine We conducted a cross sectional study of cardiovascular risk factors among healthcare workers at four government hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia. We randomly selected 330 subjects fulfilling the following study criteria: those who had been working for at least one year at that health facility, Malaysians citizens and those with some form of direct contact with patients. We conducted an interview, obtained physical measurements, a fasting blood sugar and fasting lipid profiles among 308 subjects. The mean age of the subjects was 43.5 years, 82% were female; 30.8%, 14.3%, 10.4%, 1.3% and 1.6% of the subjects had dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, a history of stroke and a history of ischemic heart disease, respectively. Forty-two percent of subjects had at least one medical condition. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.0 kg/m2 (SD=4.8) and 24.3% haM BMI >30 kg/m2. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 121.5 mmHg (SD=14.0) and 76.5 mmHg (SD=9.7), respectively and the mean waist-hip ratio was 0.84 (SD=O.I). The mean fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein were 5.8 mmol/l (SD=2.4), 5.5 mmol/l (SD=1.0), 1.4 mmol/l (SD=0.9), 1.5 mmol/l (SD=0.3) and 3.5 mmol/l (SD=0.9), respectively. Our study population had a smaller proportion of hypertension than that of the general Malaysian population. They had higher fasting total cholesterol, slightly lower fasting blood sugar, with a large proportion of them, obese and had diabetes. Immediate intervention is needed to reduce the traditional cardiovascular risk factors in this population. SEAMEO TROPMED Network 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/31726/1/Southeast_Asia_J_Public_Health_46-3-504-511.pdf Hazmi, Helmy and Wan Rosli, W. I. and Abd Jalil, Rohana and Gan, Siew Hua and Hamid, Noor Fadzlina and Harun, Rosliza and Shafei,, Mohd Nazri and Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail and Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad and Ismail, Shaiful Bahri and Musa, Kamarul Imran (2015) Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan, Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 46 (3). pp. 504-511. ISSN 0125-1562 http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/publication.htm |
| spellingShingle | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Hazmi, Helmy Wan Rosli, W. I. Abd Jalil, Rohana Gan, Siew Hua Hamid, Noor Fadzlina Harun, Rosliza Shafei,, Mohd Nazri Ibrahim, Mohd Ismail Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad Ismail, Shaiful Bahri Musa, Kamarul Imran Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan, Malaysia |
| title | Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan,
Malaysia |
| title_full | Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan,
Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan,
Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan,
Malaysia |
| title_short | Traditional Cardiovascular risk-factors among healthcare workers in Kelantan,
Malaysia |
| title_sort | traditional cardiovascular risk factors among healthcare workers in kelantan malaysia |
| topic | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/31726/1/Southeast_Asia_J_Public_Health_46-3-504-511.pdf |
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