Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Participants of the Public Health Initiative on the Occasion of the 2014 World Heart Day in Zagreb

U sklopu javnozdravstvene akcije koju je u povodu Svjetskog dana srca 2014. godine organizirala Zaklada Hrvatska kuća srca i Grad Zagreb – Gradski ured za zdravstvo u Poliklinici za prevenciju kardiovaskularnih bolesti i rehabilitaciju u Zagrebu osigurani su preventivni kardiovaskularni pregledi za osobe u dobnoj skupini od 40 do 60 godina, koje do sada nisu bile pregledane s kardiološkog aspekta. Cilj je bio uvidjeti tradicionalne čimbenike rizika za kardiovaskularne bolesti (KVB) u spomenutoj skupini i izvijestiti o rezultatima provedene javnozdravstvene akcije. U svih su ispitanika učinjena antropometrijska mjerenja (tjelesna težina, visina, indeks tjelesne mase), određene su vrijednosti serumskih lipida i glukoze natašte te je snimljen 12-kanalni EKG i izmjeren arterijski tlak. Nakon toga su ih pregledali ili internist ili kardiolog. Rezultati su poražavajući, s obzirom na povišen indeks tjelesne mase (ITM) u 3/4 sudionika, prisutnost arterijske hipertenzije (AH) u oko 45% i hiperlipidemije u 55% sudionika. Također, registrirana je češća prisutnost slabije regulirane AH u muškaraca, a u žena se češće bilježi povišen ITM. Dobiveni rezultati naglašavaju i impliciraju potrebu za češćim javnozdravstvenim akcijama.As part of a public health initiative on the occasion of the 2014 World Heart Day, the Croatian Heart House and the City of Zagreb – the City Health Center at the Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Zagreb – organized preventive cardiovascular examinations for the persons between the ages of 40 and 60 that had not had a cardiac examination before. The goal of this initiative was to detect the traditional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in the aforementioned group and to report the results of the conducted public initiative. Anthropometric measurements were conducted on all subjects (body weight, height, body mass index), fasting values of serum lipids and glucose were determined, 12-lead ECG was performed, and blood pressure pressure was measured. Following this, the participants were examined by either an internist or a cardiologist. The results were devastating: increased body mass index (BMI) was noted in 2/3 of the patients, as well as the presence of arterial hypertension (AH) in 45%, and hyperlipidemia in 55% patients. Men showed higher prevalence of unregulated AH, and women showed increased BMI. These results emphasize the problem and demonstrate the need for more frequent public health initiatives