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Prevalence of Lifestyle Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases Among Adults in Taif City, Saudi Arabia: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.
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Abstract
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aimCardiovascular diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and are on the rise in developing countries, including Saudi Arabia. This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of such modifiable lifestyle risk factors (LRFs) for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among adults in Taif city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), where urbanization is taking place at a very fast pace.
methodsIn this case, 300 people responded to the survey that adopted a stratified random sampling method to recruit participants, where information was gathered about the participant's demography, smoking profile, physical activity, dietary health, and knowledge about CVD risk factors.
resultsThe majority of patients had multiple modifiable CVD risk factors as follows: physical inactivity (52%), unhealthy dieting (47% regularly consumed fried foods), obesity (25%), smoking history (55%), and hypertension history (34%). Subgroup analysis revealed that residence, education, income, and job-related stress were statistically significant concerning the number of CVD risk factors, which explains the rationale for targeted primary prevention strategies. Thus, the promotion of the campaigns of CVD symptoms and risk factors with modifications among the Taif city adult population has emerged as an imperative consideration for the improvement of health standards.
conclusionThus, these findings point to the fact that the population in Taif City is at high risk for CVD attributed to urbanization, a sedentary lifestyle as well as the adjustment to a Westernized diet. These findings may be applied when formulating population-specific prevention interventions to address the epidemic burden of CVDs in this region. The research also strengthens the argument for the need to tackle modifiable risk determinants to reverse the increasing trends of cardiovascular diseases in Saudi Arabia.
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