Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Master thesis, Programme in Medicine. TITLE: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among\nPatients with type 2 Diabetes in Rural Tanzania. Introduc.on\nDiabetes type 2 caused more than 5 million deaths 2013. Approximately 50% of the patients with\ndiabetes type 2 die because of cardiovascular disease (CVD), primarily myocardial infarction and\nstroke. Since many of the leading risk factors for CVD coexist and act synergistically to increase\nthe risk of cardiovascular events, it is of great importance to treat the total cardiovascular risk.\nObjec.ve\nThe aim is to give a descriptive view regarding the cardiovascular status, i.e. looking at most of the\nleading cardiovascular risk factors, of a diabetic population in a rural setting of Tanzania.\nMethod\nPatients with a confirmed diagnose of type 2 diabetes were included consecutively as they attended\nthe combined diabetes and hypertension clinics in Rombo district, Tanzania. Every patient answered\na questionnaire regarding cardiovascular risk factors. Additionally, blood pressure was measured.\nRandom blood glucose was measured as well as waist circumference and body mass index (BMI).\nResults\nThe number of patients included was 164 (134 females and 30 males). The mean values are as\nfollow; random blood glucose 12.11 mmol/L (SD 5.8), systolic blood pressure 158.6 mmHg (SD\n28.0), BMI 26.0 kg/m2 (SD 4.6) and waist circumference 93.0 cm (SD 10.5). 66% declared no\nphysical activity and 85% were performing less that the recommended guidelines from WHO.\n85.4% have never smoked and 58% stopped using alcohol after they had been diagnosed with\ndiabetes. Conclusions\nand\nImplica.ons\nThis group of individuals with diabetes type 2 also suffer from physical inactivity, overweight and\nhypertension. It is of great importance to reduce these risks in order to reduce their total risk of\ncardiovascular events. The low proportion of males attending the clinic as well as evaluating the\ncardiovascular status among in-patients with diabetes are questions that needs to be addressed in the\nfuture.
Author: André Thunberg
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1501484580