Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a selected community at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Satwi, Sapari, Mohamed, Awang, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2010
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/118/1/118_prevalence_of_cardiovascular_risk_factors.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/118/; http://www.academicjournals.org/IJMMS/PDF/pdf2010/Oct/Akter%20et%20al.pdf

Hypertension and obesity are established and independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. There are important inter-relationships between these two factors that may explain the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases. To determine the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a rural community...