Introduction. CVDs are largely driven by modifiable risk factors. This study sought to determine the awareness and prevalence of the modifiable CVDs risk factors among the Lebanese population. Methods. In a cross-sectional survey, 1000 participants aged ≥ 45 years were randomly selected from pharmacies and interviewed. The data was analyzed with SPSS version 21.0 software. Results. Differences between urban and rural areas include alcohol consumption (2.8% versus 1.7%; p=0.0001), cardioprotective vegetable servings (6.1% versus 2.3%; p=0.016), sedentary hours per day (18.6% versus 15.1%; p=0.002), and hypertension (38.5% versus 25.4%; p=0.001). The prevalence of overweight and obesity (77.3% versus 75.2%; p=0.468), smoking (39.3% versus 43.3%; p=0.232), diabetes (25.4% versus 21.4%; p=0.173), and dyslipidemia (25 versus 21.2%) was reported. Measurements revealed 19.3% of undiagnosed hypertension (12.4% versus 22.4%, p=0.001), 61.7% of hypertension (59.8% versus 62.6%; p=0.203), and 7.9% of undiagnosed diabetes (6.6% versus 8.6%; p=0.323). The declared awareness of CVDs risk factors was highest for smoking (91.5% versus 89.7%; p=0.339) and lowest for diabetes (54.4 versus 55.7%; p=0.692). Conclusion. This study has shown a high prevalence of modifiable CVDs risk factors in the Lebanese population ≥ 45 years, among which hypertension is the most prominent.
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Fahs, I., Khalife, Z., Malaeb, D., Iskandarani, M., & Salameh, P. (2017). The Prevalence and Awareness of Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors among the Lebanese Population: A Prospective Study Comparing Urban to Rural Populations. Cardiology Research and Practice, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3530902
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