Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in rural South India: cohort study.
Prabhdeep KaurSudha Ramachandra RaoRamachandran VenkatachalamBoopathi KangusamyEzhil RadhakrishnanKanagasabai KaliaperumalVenkatarao ThotaMohan D GuptePublished in: BMJ open (2019)
We described the high burden of fatal CVD and identified the role of CVD risk factors such as hypertension, self-reported diabetes, smoking and central obesity. There is an urgent need to implement low-cost interventions such as smoking cessation and treat hypertension and diabetes in primary care settings.
Keyphrases
- smoking cessation
- cardiovascular disease
- low cost
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- primary care
- blood pressure
- replacement therapy
- glycemic control
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- south africa
- cardiovascular events
- physical activity
- cardiovascular risk factors
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- adipose tissue
- body mass index
- coronary artery disease
- arterial hypertension