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Trends in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Patients With Coronary Heart Disease : Results From the EUROASPIRE I, II, and III Surveys in the Münster Region

  • Background: Target values for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are stated in guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. We studied secular trends in risk factors over a 12-year period among CHD patients in the region of Munster, Germany. Methods: The cross-sectional EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys were performed in multiple centers across Europe. For all three, the Munster region was the participating German region. In the three periods 1995/96, 1999/2000, and 2006/07, the surveysBackground: Target values for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are stated in guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. We studied secular trends in risk factors over a 12-year period among CHD patients in the region of Munster, Germany. Methods: The cross-sectional EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys were performed in multiple centers across Europe. For all three, the Munster region was the participating German region. In the three periods 1995/96, 1999/2000, and 2006/07, the surveys included (respectively) 392, 402 and 457 <= 70-year-old patients with CHD in Munster who had sustained a coronary event at least 6 months earlier. Results: The prevalence of smoking remained unchanged, with 16.8% in EUROASPIRE I and II and 18.4% in EUROASPIRE III (p=0.898). On the other hand, high blood pressure and high cholesterol both became less common across the three EUROASPIRE studies (60.7% to 69.4% to 55.3%, and 94.3% to 83.4% to 48.1%, respectively; p<0.001 for both). Obesity became more common (23.0% to 30.6% to 43.1%, p<0.001), as did treatment with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drugs (80.4% to 88.6% to 94.3%, and 35.0% to 67.4% to 87.0%, respectively; p<0.001 for both). Conclusion: The observed trends in cardiovascular risk factors under-score the vital need for better preventive strategies in patients with CHD.show moreshow less

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Author: Christof Prugger, Jan Heidrich, Jürgen Wellmann, Ralf Dittrich, Stefan-Martin Brand, Ralph Telgmann, Günter Breithardt, Holger Reinecke, Hans Scheld, Peter Kleine-Katthöfer, Peter U. Heuschmann, Ulrich Keil
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Klinische Epidemiologie und Biometrie
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
Year of Completion:2012
Volume:109
Issue:17
Pagenumber:303-U21
Source:Deutsches Ärzteblatt International 2012; 109(17): 303-10; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0303
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2012.0303
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:European countries; clinical practice; drug therapies; follow up; life style; myocardial infarction; primary-care physicians; secondary prevention; smoking-cessation; task force
Release Date:2017/07/13
EU-Project number / Contract (GA) number:224635
OpenAIRE:OpenAIRE
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht