Cardiovascular Risk Factors in an Ambulatory Urban Patient Population (AsuRiesgo)

Heidelberg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease; Lifestyle Modification; Stroke; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Dietary and nutritional modification; Behavioral: Regular intake of polyphenols, esp. from Ilex paraguayensis; Behavioral: Regular physical activities; Behavioral: Weight reduction to normal ranges; Behavioral: Stop smoking

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00486993

AsuRiesgo

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to WHO estimations, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the number one cause of death globally. More people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause. An estimated 17.5 million people died from CVDs in 2005, representing 30% of all global deaths. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.6 million were due to coronary heart disease and 5.7 million were due to stroke.

Over 80% of CVD deaths take place in low- and middle-income countries and occur almost equally in men and women. In Paraguay, prevalence of classic risk factors, as well as new ones, like the metabolic syndrome are not completely known.

Government health policies in industrialized countries are focusing on programs to modify cardiovascular risk factors. In developing countries, prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke through modification of cardiovascular risk factors are not playing a large role at the moment.

The aim of this study is to define the effects of changes in lifestyle on cardiovascular risk factors, when added to optimized standard pharmacological therapy for arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia, in an ambulatory urban patient population.

Enrollment: 18,287 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all ambulatory patients, with age 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

• no exclusion criteria provided, particularly for the first, epidemiological part of the study

Trial design

18,287 participants in 1 patient group

asuriesgo

Description:

unselected outpatient population

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stop smoking

Behavioral: Regular intake of polyphenols, esp. from Ilex paraguayensis

Behavioral: Dietary and nutritional modification

Behavioral: Weight reduction to normal ranges

Behavioral: Regular physical activities