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Prevalence and Factors Associated with a 10-year Cardiovascular Risk among Elderly with Hypertension in Northern Rural Thailand
Author(s): Phataraphon Markmee* and Phitsanuruk Kanthawee
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with the 10-year cardiovascular risk level among elderly with hypertension patients. Method: A community-based analytical crosssectional study was carried out on 615 samples drawn in Chiang-Rai Province, Northern Region, and Thailand from December 2018-July 2019 through a multistage random sampling technique consisting of a cluster, proportional and systematic random sampling technique. A binary logistic regression was used for the univariate and multivariate analyses to investigate factors associated with cardiovascular risk. Result: A total of 615 elderly with hypertension were recruited into the study, of which 59.20 were female. The average age was 67.16, 43.70% had a family history with hypertension, 22% with diabetes. The prevalence of a 10-year Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk of elde.. Read More»
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