Incidence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Oskoo (Northwest Iran): An Approach through WHO CVD-risk Management Package for Low–and Medium-Resource Settings on 37,329 Adults≥30 Years Old

Introduction: the aim of this study was to determine incidence of cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors [hypertension (htn), obesity, dyslipidemia (dlp), diabetes mellitus (dm) and smoking] in oskoo. methods: this study was planned according to who pro-tocol “who cvd-risk management package for low and medium-resource settings” and named “east azerbaijan healthy heart program”. the pilot study of this program was done in oskoo in 2007-2009. in this study, demographic data and cvd risk factors of 37,329 adults aged≥30 years old living in oskoo were collected. in addition, blood samples of 17,388 adults≥40 years old were taken (free of charge) for assessment of serum glucose and lipid profile. results: the study covered 93.52% of oskoo town population aged≥30 years old. we studied 18637 male (m) (91.50% coverage) and 18692 female (f) (95.52% coverage) participants. the incidence of htn [sbp≥140 & dbp≥90 mmhg] was 16.25% (m:15.08%, f:17.29%), pre-hypertension [sbp=120-139 & dbp=80-89 mmhg] =37.78% (m:41.38%, f:34.18%), dm [fast blood glucose (fbs)≥126mg/dl] was 7.45% (m:6.35%, f:8.54%), smoking was 9.40% (m:17.00%, f:1.57%), hypercholesterolemia (>200mg/dl) was 47.64% (m:42.46%, f:52.81%) and obesity [body mass index (bmi) ≥27] was 50.47% (m:38.79%, f:62.09%). conclusion: considering high incidence of cvd risk factors (except smoking) in oskoo adults ≥30 years, it is recommended that this pilot study expanded to all of east azerbaijan. free of charge taking blood samples from people ≥ 40 years to evaluate lipid profile and glucose levels is worthy to early detecting the prevalent dm or dlp in this target population.