Trends in cardiovascular risk factors among patients with coronary heart disease: results from the EUROASPIRE I, II, and III surveys in the Münster region.

Prugger C, Heidrich J, Wellmann J, Dittrich R, Brand SM, Telgmann R, Breithardt G, Reinecke H, Scheld H, Kleine-Katthöfer P, Heuschmann PU, Keil U

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

Target values for cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are stated in guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. We studied secular trends in risk factors over a 12-year period among CHD patients in the region of Münster, Germany.The cross-sectional EUROASPIRE I, II and III surveys were performed in multiple centers across Europe. For all three, the Münster region was the participating German region. In the three periods 1995/96, 1999/2000, and 2006/07, the surveys included (respectively) 392, 402 and 457 <0.001 for both). Obesity became more common (23.0% to 30.6% to 43.1%, p<0.001), as did treatment with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drugs (80.4% to 88.6% to 94.3%, and 35.0% to 67.4% to 87.0%, respectively; p<0.001 for both).The observed trends in cardiovascular risk factors under-score the vital need for better preventive strategies in patients with CHD.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftDeutsches Ärzteblatt international (Dtsch Arztebl Int)
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume109
Ausgabe / Heftnr. / Issue17
Seitenbereich303-310
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2012
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
Stichwörtercardiovascular risk factor

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Brand, Stefan-Martin
Institut für Sportmedizin
Dittrich, Ralf
Klinik für Neurologie [geschlossen]
Scheld, Hans Heinrich
Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie
Wellmann, Jürgen
Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin