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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/18107
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dc.contributor.authorEfremova, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorCiobanu, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorGlavan, Danu
dc.contributor.authorGroppa, Stanislav
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-07T13:35:54Z
dc.date.available2021-10-07T13:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationEFREMOVA, Daniela, CIOBANU, Natalia, GLAVAN, Danu, GROPPA, Stanislav. Obesity as a risk factor for stroke in the population of the Republic of Moldova. In: The Moldovan Medical Journal. 2021, vol. 64, no 3 (Neuro Congress Issue), p. 41. ISSN 2537-6381.
dc.identifier.issn2537-6381
dc.identifier.issn2537-6373
dc.identifier.urihttp://moldmedjournal.md/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Congres-Neuro-2021-Spaltul-11.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/18107
dc.description.abstractBackground: Obesity is a risk factor for various cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, which can be efficiently prevented. Several studies have evidenced abdominal obesity as an independent risk factor for stroke, being a stronger predictor of stroke than the body mass index. The study aims to explore the relationship between obesity and other stroke risk factors in the general population of the Republic of Moldova. Material and methods: In November 2015, was initiated an epidemiological study in the population of the Republic of Moldova. The study protocol included: questionnaire, clinical examination, electrocardiography, laboratory examinations, and Doppler/Duplex ultrasound of the carotid arteries. Results: In the study were included 1274 subjects (mean age 47.9 ± 13.6 years), among which 757 (59%) women and 517 (41%) men. The most common identified risk factors were abdominal obesity in 938 (74%), dyslipidemia in 758 (59%), and general obesity of different degrees in 508 (40%) subjects. Abdominal circumference significantly correlated with the systolic (r = 0.44, p < 0.001) and diastolic (r = 0.46, p < 0.001) blood pressure, body mass index (r=0.84, p<0.001), and uric acid (r=0.42, p<0.001). Body mass index significantly correlated with the systolic (r = 0.41, p < 0.001) and diastolic (r = 0.39, p < 0.001) blood pressure, abdominal circumference (r = 0.84, p < 0.001), and uric acid (r = 0.33, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Dyslipidemia, abdominal and general obesity were the most commonly identified modifiable risk factors. Abdominal and general obesity were significantly associated with other stroke risk factors. Prevention of obesity and weight reduction need a greater emphasis in stroke prevention programs.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldovaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Moldovan Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectstrokeen_US
dc.subjectstroke preventionen_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.titleObesity as a risk factor for stroke in the population of the Republic of Moldovaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
Appears in Collections:The Moldovan Medical Journal, Vol. 64, No 3, September 2021



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