Cardiovascular risk profiles of adults with type-2 diabetes treated at urban hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.07.004How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Cardiovascular risk profiles; Type 2 diabetes; HbA1c; Riyadh; Saudi Arabia
- Abstract
Diabetes mellitus substantially increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Among Saudi Arabian citizens with diabetes, little is known about the prevalence and control of other CVD risk factors.
We extracted data from medical records of a random selection of 422 patients seen between 2008 and 2012 at two diabetic clinics in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We calculated the proportion of patients who had additional CVD risk factors: obesity (body mass index ⩾ 30 kg/m2), hypertension (BP ⩾ 140/90 mmHg), elevated cholesterol fractions, and multiple risk factors). Further, we calculated the proportion of patients meeting the American Diabetes Association’s recommended care targets for each risk factor.
Of 422 patients (mean age, 52 years), half were women, 56% were obese, 45% had hypertension, and 77% had elevated LDL concentrations. In addition to diabetes, 70% had two or more CVD risk factors. Although 9% met both target HbA1c and BP values, only 3.5% had optimum HbA1c, BP, and lipid values.
In Saudi Arabia’s best diabetes clinics, most patients have poor control of their disease. This huge disease burden and related care gaps have important health and financial implications for the country.
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- © 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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TY - JOUR AU - Fatima Y. Al Slail AU - Omer Abid AU - Abdullah M. Assiri AU - Ziad A. Memish AU - Mohammed K. Ali PY - 2015 DA - 2015/08/06 TI - Cardiovascular risk profiles of adults with type-2 diabetes treated at urban hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 29 EP - 36 VL - 6 IS - 1 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2015.07.004 DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2015.07.004 ID - AlSlail2015 ER -