MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN ĐẾN BỆNH TIM MẠCH THƯỜNG GẶP Ở NGƯỜI CAO TUỔI TẠI HÀ NỘI NĂM 2022-2023

Abstract

Objectives: Investigated to some risk factors related to common cardiovascular diseases in the elderly in Hanoi in 2022-2023. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with analysis on 1020 elderly subjects living in 5 wards in the Dong Da district, Hanoi. Results: Hypertension and dyslipidemia were the most common risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in both sexes, almost elderly people got cardiovascular diseases. Higher blood pressure were found in subjects with irregular WHR compared to those with normal WHR, the rates were 65.7% and 55.9%, respectively. Alcohol and cigarette smoking were related to the rate of the cardiovascular diseases in the elderly, in which, the rate of cardiovascular diseases was 100% in the elderly with alcohol abuse, followed by frequent drinking (62,2%), sometimes drinking (60,7%), and no drinking (56%); the rates of cardiovascular disease in smokers (65,5%) were significantly higher than those in non-smokers (55.3%). Aditionally, eating habits, such as salty foods, animal organ, candy, sweet sugar and animal fats consumtion, were also the risk factors of the cardiovascular diseases. Conclusion: Some factors related to cardiovascular disease in the elderly in Hanoi were hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, sugar, alcohol, beer, tobacco use and viscera, animal fats, salty eating habits