Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Military Personnel in Southern Iran

Seyed Taghi  Heydari; AR  Khoshdel; B  Sabayan; Firoozeh  Abtahi; Mahmood Zamirian; S  Sedaghat

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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Military Personnel in Southern Iran

Authors:

Seyed Taghi Heydari^1,*,

AR Khoshdel¹,

B Sabayan²,

Firoozeh Abtahi³,

Mahmood Zamirian³,

S Sedaghat²

1AJA university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Health Policy Research Center, Iran

3Cardiovascular Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Scinces, Shiraz, Iran

International Cardiovascular Research Journal:Vol. 4, issue 1; e67653

Published online:Mar 30, 2018

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 19, 2018

Accepted:Mar 31, 2010

How to Cite:Seyed Taghi HeydariAR KhoshdelB SabayanFiroozeh AbtahiMahmood ZamirianS Sedaghatet al.Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Military Personnel in Southern Iran.4(1):e67653.

Abstract

Background: The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rapidly increasing at an alarming rate worldwide
and is currently considered as the leading cause of death in both developing and developed countries. The
aim of the present study is to determine the prevalence and clear analysis of cardiovascular risk factors among
army population and provide a guideline for improving the health status of army personnel.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among 341 male subjects
from a military population in southern Iran. Each eligible participant was evaluated in the military clinic
in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Information regarding demographic and life style were obtained from each subject.
Arterial blood pressure, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference
(HC), fasting blood glucose, lipid profile consisting of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglyceride were
measured by standard methods.
Results: Mean age of the population under study was 35.1±7.5 years. Twenty-nine (8.8%) individuals were
hypertensive whereas 108 (32.9%) had blood pressure in the range of pre-hypertension. According to laboratory
investigations, 29 (8.5%) participants had glucose intolerance while 6 (1.8%) of them had diabetes mellitus.
On the other hand, prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia were 104 (30.5%) and 114
(33.4%) respectively. Twenty-eight (8.2%) subjects had criteria for metabolic syndrome.
Conclusions: Clinical and Para-clinical data indicated that army population in southern Iran had a low level of
CVD risk factors that may be related to their life styles.

Keywords

Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Army Population

Prevalence

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