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Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Employees and Their Families of a Saudi University: An Epidemiological Study

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  • Rasmieh Alzeidan
  • Fatemeh Rabiee
  • Ahmed Mandil
  • Ahmad Hersi
  • Amel Fayed

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Objectives: To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors among Saudi university employees and their families; to estimate the cardiovascular risk (CVR) amongst the study population in the following 10years. Methods: The NCD risk factors prevalence was estimated using a cross-sectional approach for a sample of employees and their families aged ≥ 18 years old, in a Saudi university (Riyadh in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; KSA). WHO STEPwise standardized tools were used to estimate NCD risk factors and the Framingham Coronary Heart Risk Score calculator was used to calculate the CVR. Results: Five thousand and two hundred subjects were invited, of whom 4,500 participated in the study, providing a response rate of 87%. The mean age of participants was 39.3±13.4 years. The majority of participants reported low fruit/vegetables consumption (88%), and physically inactive (77%). More than two thirds of the cohort was found to be either overweight or obese (72%), where 36% were obese, and 59% had abdominal obesity. Of the total cohort, 22–37% were found to suffer from dyslipidaemia, 22% either diabetes or hypertension, with rather low reported current tobacco use (12%). One quarter of participants was estimated to have >10% risk to develop cardiovascular disease within the following 10-years. Conclusion: The prevalence of NCD risk factors was found to be substantially high among the university employees and their families in this study.

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  • Rasmieh Alzeidan & Fatemeh Rabiee & Ahmed Mandil & Ahmad Hersi & Amel Fayed, 2016. "Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors among Employees and Their Families of a Saudi University: An Epidemiological Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0165036
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165036
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