Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(2):118-123 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5192

Prevalence of risk factors in cardiovascular diseases in selected population of the Czech Republic

Vladimír Pavlík1, Jana Fajfrová1, Václav Šafka1, Lucie Pravdová1, Miroslav Urban1,2, Pavla Krutišová1,3, Milan Tuček4
1 Department of Military Internal Medicine and Military Hygiene, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
2 Centre of Occupational Health, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Department of Emergency Medicine and Military General Medicine, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
4 Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Objectives: The aim of the study is to describe current prevalence of selected risk factors in the Czech general population in a particular region and to compare the data with recently published results in the selected population of Czech soldiers. The work also deals with the advantages and disadvantages of methods determining overweight and obesity.

Methods: Within medical preventive examinations the data of 1,051 individuals (482 men, 569 women) were obtained. In this group anthropometric parameters such as height, body weight, Body Mass Index (BMI), and waist circumference were monitored. From biochemical parameters the following values were monitored: glycaemia, uric acid, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides. Demographic data such as age, gender and achieved education were processed.

Results: Average BMI values in men were in the overweight range. Monitored average BMI values in women were up to standards. Monitored anthropometric parameters significantly increased with the age of examined individuals. The highest values of BMI and waist circumference were found in the over-50 age group. Selected biochemical parameters also increased with the age of examined individuals. Education did not have significant influence on the values of selected parameters. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the values of BMI and waist circumference. The correlation coefficient in men was r = 0.804, p < 0.001, and in women r = 0.858, p < 0.001.

Conclusion: The work confirmed differences in anthropometric parameters between the civilian and military Czech male population due to a higher muscle mass percentage in the military population. The work also confirmed the significance of further anthropometric methods in diagnostics of overweight and obesity. The number of individuals with anthropometric and biochemical parameters out of the physiological range is increasing in the over-50 age category.

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, overweight, obesity, anthropometry, preventive measures

Received: August 25, 2017; Revised: May 31, 2018; Accepted: May 31, 2018; Published: June 30, 2018  Show citation

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Pavlík V, Fajfrová J, Šafka V, Pravdová L, Urban M, Krutišová P, Tuček M. Prevalence of risk factors in cardiovascular diseases in selected population of the Czech Republic. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2018;26(2):118-123. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a5192. PubMed PMID: 30102500.
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