Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Physicians

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among physicians at a teaching hospital. In total, 203 men and 167 women were included in the study. The participants filled in a questionnaire; their height, weight, blood pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose levels were added. 19.2 % males and 13.8 % females were smokers, hypertension was diagnosed in 10 % of males and in 6.6 % of females, 52.2 % males and 17.4 % females were overweight, 37 % males and 43.1 % females had hypercholesterolemia. The above findings suggest that Czech physicians have more favourable values of all the studied cardiovascular diseases risk factors than the general Czech population. However, Czech physicians smoke more than those in other countries and their level of cardiovascular diseases risk factors is unsatisfactory and calls for further intensive prevention. Preliminary outcomes of the study repeated after two years show no positive trends as well as physicians' low willingness to actively participate in lowering cardiovascular diseases risk factors.

Risk factors associated with ischemic heart disease occurence in acute ischemic stroke patients

“…AH was repeatedly reported to be a strong individual risk factor for both IHD and IS [11][12][13][14][15] . However, AH seems to be more strongly related to IHD than to IS.…”

“…Atherosclerosis plays a major role in IHD as well as IS development, but in IS stroke the situation is far more complex and other etiologies play a significant role too (e.g. cardio-embolism, small vessel disease, thrombophilia) [11][12][13][14][15] .…”

“…Risk factors for atherosclerosis which plays a crucial role in the development of both IHD and IS, have already had been well-studied [11][12][13][14][15] . However, IHD and IS represent different nosological entities.…”

“…It is not clear to date, why IHD is present only in some IS patients and not in others 9,10 . IHD and IS traditional risk factors have been well-studied and documented individually on large prospective cohorts [11][12][13][14][15] and there are new studies appearing. In the majority of cases, these risk factors are same for both entities.…”

Health of the Cardiologists: Who if Not They?

“…В нашем исследо-вании при оценке гиподинамии среди врачей недо-статочный уровень ФА составил 35%. Полученные данные согласуются с исследованием здоровья 370 врачей, проведенным в 2002-2004гг в Чехии, где уро-вень недостаточной ФА составил 34% [3]. По данным национального эпидемиологического исследования "Эпидемиология сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний в различных регионах Российской Федерации" (ЭССЕ-РФ), выполненного в 2012-2013гг, распро-страненность недостаточной ФА составила в популя-ционной выборке 38,8% [4], что несколько выше среднего общемирового уровня по данным ВОЗ (31% на 2011г).…”