Prevalence And Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease Among Health Workers In Secondary And Tertiary Centres Gusau Zamfara State

Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally. An estimated 17.5million people died from CVDs in 2012, representing 31% of all global deaths and threequarter of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries.A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among health workers in Gusau, Zamfarastate. Four hundred and ten participants were selected from the secondary and tertiary healthcentres, an adapted WHO STEPS questionnaire administered, socio-demographic, CVD riskfactors data, blood samples and anthropometric readings were obtained and analysed usingSPSS version 17.The mean age of the respondents was 33years (±9.6SD) and the overall prevalence ofhypertension was 8.4%, isolated systolic hypertension 17.7%and isolated diastolichypertension 11.7%, There was a statistical significant association between systolic bloodpressure with age(OR 2.923, 95%CI 1.664-5.135, P=<0.0001) and vigorous exercise,( OR1.800, 95%CI 1.033-3.136, P=0.03). The diastolic blood pressure was statistically significantwith age and addition of salt to diet. Other behavioural variables were not significant.The prevalence of addition of salt to diet (22.9%), use of monosodium glutamate (75.1%) andsitting more than 6hours at work (43.7) was high. Males were more likely to be obese thanfemales, however, females were more likely to have abdominal obesity than males The percentage of cigarette smoking, blood pressure, obesity and alcohol was comparablylower than the national NCD survey.The prevalence of the cardiovascular risk factors; Diabetes mellitus was high (26.6%),hypertension 8.4% and dyslipidaemia were also low. Obesity and under -nutrition coexist.The State Ministry of Health and other stakeholders should partner to improve the knowledgeof cardiovascular disease/ risk factors among the health workers.Key words: Zamfara state, CVD, Health workers, Risk factors

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