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Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university

Background: The burden on cardiovascular disease in Malaysia is in the increasing trend and this is associated with a number of risk factors. Aim: This study aims to explore the prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors among employees of Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Design:...

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Main Authors: Liau , Siow Yen, Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim, Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Shafie, Amir Akramin, Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, A Hamdi, Menal
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spelling my.iium.irep.120822012-04-19T04:19:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/12082/ Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university Liau , Siow Yen Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Shafie, Amir Akramin Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki A Hamdi, Menal RS Pharmacy and materia medica Background: The burden on cardiovascular disease in Malaysia is in the increasing trend and this is associated with a number of risk factors. Aim: This study aims to explore the prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors among employees of Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out from 19th February 2009 to 12th March 2009. Methods and Materials: Data on eight established risk factors were collected. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistic was used to describe the prevalence of risk factors among the study subjects. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to explore the clustering of risk factors (having two or more risk factors). All data were analyzed using statistical software SPSS package version-16 and a two-tailed p-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 217 (27.7%) respondents participated in the screening exercise. Results from this screening showed that risk factors such as unhealthy diet (92.1%), overweight/obesity (73.3%) and physical inactivity (65.0%) were highly prevalent. The median number of risk factors was 3 (IQR=2). In addition, most of the subjects (n=203, 93.5%) were categorized as being in high risk for future cardiovascular events as according to the definition of National Cholesterol Education Program. Respondents with clustered risk factors were older, had lower intake of fruit and vegetables, less physically active, had a higher body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and fasting blood glucose. Further analysis found that fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity and body mass index formed a good predictive model for prediction of clustered risk factor model with a Nagelkerke R-squared value of 0.529. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among USM employees and these risk factors tend to cluster. It is therefore recommended that prompt actions should be taken to overcome and modify these risk factors. JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited 2010-04 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/12082/1/Outcomes_of_cardiovascular_risk_factors_screening_programme_among_employees_of_a_Malaysian_public_university.pdf Liau , Siow Yen and Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim and Hassali, Mohamed Azmi and Shafie, Amir Akramin and Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin and Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki and A Hamdi, Menal (2010) Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 4 (2). pp. 2208-2216. ISSN 0973-709X http://www.jcdr.net/article_abstract.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2010&month=April&volume=4&issue=2&page=2208-2216&id=668
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topic RS Pharmacy and materia medica
spellingShingle RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Liau , Siow Yen
Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim
Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin
Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
A Hamdi, Menal
Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
description Background: The burden on cardiovascular disease in Malaysia is in the increasing trend and this is associated with a number of risk factors. Aim: This study aims to explore the prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors among employees of Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out from 19th February 2009 to 12th March 2009. Methods and Materials: Data on eight established risk factors were collected. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistic was used to describe the prevalence of risk factors among the study subjects. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to explore the clustering of risk factors (having two or more risk factors). All data were analyzed using statistical software SPSS package version-16 and a two-tailed p-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: A total of 217 (27.7%) respondents participated in the screening exercise. Results from this screening showed that risk factors such as unhealthy diet (92.1%), overweight/obesity (73.3%) and physical inactivity (65.0%) were highly prevalent. The median number of risk factors was 3 (IQR=2). In addition, most of the subjects (n=203, 93.5%) were categorized as being in high risk for future cardiovascular events as according to the definition of National Cholesterol Education Program. Respondents with clustered risk factors were older, had lower intake of fruit and vegetables, less physically active, had a higher body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and fasting blood glucose. Further analysis found that fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity and body mass index formed a good predictive model for prediction of clustered risk factor model with a Nagelkerke R-squared value of 0.529. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among USM employees and these risk factors tend to cluster. It is therefore recommended that prompt actions should be taken to overcome and modify these risk factors.
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author Liau , Siow Yen
Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim
Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin
Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
A Hamdi, Menal
author_facet Liau , Siow Yen
Mohamed Izham, Mohamed Ibrahim
Hassali, Mohamed Azmi
Shafie, Amir Akramin
Othman, Ahmad Tajuddin
Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki
A Hamdi, Menal
author_sort Liau , Siow Yen
title Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
title_short Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
title_full Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
title_fullStr Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
title_full_unstemmed Outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a Malaysian public university
title_sort outcomes of cardiovascular risk factors screening programme among employees of a malaysian public university
publisher JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/12082/1/Outcomes_of_cardiovascular_risk_factors_screening_programme_among_employees_of_a_Malaysian_public_university.pdf
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