Assessment of 10-year Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Adult Residents of Field Practice Area of an Urban Health Training Centre: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: Primary prevention is the best method for reducing burden of cardiovascular disease.Understanding a person's risk of cardiovascular disease over the next ten years can make them more aware of the need for both individual and community-level preventive interventions.Risk prediction charts from the World Health Organization / International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) predicts risk of cardiovascular event in next 10 years.Objectives: To estimate the risk for Cardiovascular event using WHO/ISH Risk Prediction Chart among adult residents (≥40 years) of UHTC and to determine association with Socio Demographic variables. Methods and Material:This cross sectional, community-based study was conducted among 300 participants aged ≥40 years residing at field practice area of UHTC, selected by systematic random sampling.The WHO/ISH risk prediction chart was used to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease.Results: This study revealed that 34 (11.3%)participants in the urban field practice region had a high risk (>20%), 60 (20%) had a moderate risk (10-20%), and 206 (68.7%) had low risk (<10%) of a fatal or non-fatal cardiovascular event in the next ten years.Higher age, male gender, lack of physical activity, history of hypertension, and diabetes and family history were found to be significantly associated with high cardiovascular risk (p<0.05). Conclusions:Modifiable risk factors such as sedentary behaviour, smoking, hypertension could be addressed timely to reduce future cardiovascular disease.WHO/ISH charts are a valuable tool for advising and motivating individuals to change their lifestyles or take their medications as prescribed.

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