title: Incidence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Oskoo (Northwest Iran): An Approach through WHO CVD-risk Management Package for Low-and Medium-Resource Settings on 37,329 Adults ≥30 Years Old.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to determine incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors [hypertension (HTN), obesity, Dyslipidemia (DLP), diabetes mellitus (DM) and smoking] in Oskoo.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was planned according to WHO protocol "WHO CVD-risk management package for low and medium-resource settings" and named "East Azerbaijan healthy heart program". The pilot study of this program was done in Oskoo in 2007-2009. In this study, demographic data and CVD risk factors of 37,329 adults aged ≥30 years old living in Oskoo were collected. In addition, blood samples of 17,388 adults ≥40 years old were taken (free of charge) for assessment of serum glucose and lipid profile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study covered 93.52% of Oskoo town population aged≥30 years old. We studied 18637 male (91.50% coverage) and 18692 female (95.52% coverage) participants. The incidence of HTN [SBP≥140 & DBP≥90 mmHg] was 16.25% (M:15.08%, F:17.29%), pre-hypertension [SBP=120-139 & DBP=80-89 mmHg] =37.78% (M:41.38%, F:34.18%), DM [fast blood glucose (FBS)≥126mg/dl] was 7.45% (M:6.35%, F:8.54%), smoking was 9.40% (M:17.00%, F:1.57%), hypercholesterolemia (>200mg/dl) was 47.64% (M:42.46%, F:52.81%) and obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥27] was 50.47% (M:38.79%, F:62.09%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering high incidence of CVD risk factors (except smoking) in Oskoo adults ≥30 years, it is recommended that this pilot study expanded to all of East Azerbaijan. Free of charge taking blood samples from people ≥ 40 years to evaluate lipid profile and glucose levels is worthy to early detecting the prevalent DM or DLP in this target population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmadali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khalili
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaghoubi
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Safaie
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eyvazi
authors.forename: Rasoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azarfarin
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebrahimzadeh
authors.forename: Azin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alizadehasl
authors.forename: Ghader
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Safarzadeh
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farzandan
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zamanzadeh
keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Community-based Study; Prevalence; Risk Factor