The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease among primary care patients in Poland: results from the LIPIDOGRAM2015 study. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jóźwiak, Jacek J.; Studziński, Krzysztof; Tomasik, Tomasz; Windak, Adam; Mastej, Mirosław; Catapano, Alberico L.; Ray, Kausik K.; Mikhailidis, Dimitri P.; Toth, Peter P.; Howard, George; Lip, Gregory Y.H.; Tomaszewski, Maciej; Charchar, Fadi J.; Sattar, Naveed; Williams, Bryan; MacDonald, Thomas M.; Nowak, Dariusz; Skowron, Łukasz; Kasperczyk, Sławomir; Banach, Maciej
• Is Part Of: Atherosclerosis. Volume 42(2020)
• Page Start: e15
• Page End: e24
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease -- Cardiovascular risk factors -- Hypertension -- Hypercholesterolaemia -- Diabetes mellitus -- Obesity -- Primary health care -- Poland; Atherosclerosis -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.136
• DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosissup.2021.01.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1567-5688

Abstract

Abstract: Background and aim: To estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease and CV risk factors among Polish patients. Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional study, LIPIDOGRAM2015, was carried out in Poland in the 4th quarter of 2015 and 1st and 2nd quarters of 2016; 438 primary care physicians enrolled 13, 724 adult patients that sought medical care in primary health care practices. Results: Nearly 19% of men and approximately 12% of women had cardiovascular disease (CVD). Over 60% of the recruited patients had hypertension (HTN), >80% had dyslipidaemia and <15% of patients were diagnosed with diabetes (DM). All of these disorders were more frequent in men. In 80% of patients the waist circumference exceed norm for the European population. Less than half of the patients were current smokers or had smoked in the past. Patients with CVD had significantly higher blood pressure and glucose levels but lower low density lipoprotein-cholesterol level. Conclusions: The prevalence of CVD and CV risk factors among patients in Poland is high. CVD is more common in men than in women. The most common CV risk factors are excess waist circumference, dyslipidaemia and HTN. Family physicians should conduct activities to prevent, diagnose early and treat CVD in the primary health care population. Graphical abstract: Image 1 Highlights: LIPIDOGRAM2015 is a nationwide cross-sectional study on the prevalence of CVD and CV risk factors in Poland. The most common CV risk factors are excess waist circumference, dyslipidaemia and HTN. Among primary care patients, CVD was present in 19% of men and 12% of women.