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Assessing the global risk of cardiovascular disease among a group of university students: population-based cross-sectional study in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Jobert Richie N NansseuFelix AssahSaint-Just PetngaBibiane Siaheu KameniHebert Donald Fosso TeneFrancial Terrenstra NangDominic Leandry Angong WounaJean Jacques NoubiapJoseph Kamgno
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
Almost 50% of participants had moderate or high risk of CVD. Specific interventions targeting major CVD risk factors should be put in place among young adults to prevent or reduce this upcoming overburdened picture of CVD.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • cardiovascular disease
  • risk factors
  • physical activity
  • type diabetes
  • cancer therapy
  • high intensity
  • metabolic syndrome
  • cardiovascular events
  • cardiovascular risk factors