risk factors distribution and cardiovascular disease prevalence in the italian population the check study危险因素分布和心血管疾病患病率在意大利人口检查研究.pdf

Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2012, 2, 90-100 OJEpi / 10.4236/ojepi.2012.24014 Published Online November 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojepi/) Risk factors distribution and cardiovascular disease prevalence in the Italian population: The CHECK study 1 2 1 3 2 Elena Tragni , Alessandro Filippi , Manuela Casula , Giampiero Favato , Ovidio Brignoli , Claudio Cricelli2 1 1,4* # , Andrea Poli , Alberico L. Catapano (for the CHECK Group ) 1Epidemiology and Preventive Pharmacology Centre (SEFAP), University of Milano, Milano, Italy 2Italian Society of General Medicine (SIMG), Firenze, Italy 3Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UK 4IRCCS Multimedica, Sesto S. Giovanni, Milano, Italy * Email: alberico.catapano@unimi.it Received 5 August 2012; revised 15 September 2012; accepted 8 December 2012 ABSTRACT Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Objective: To evaluate the distribution of cardiovas- cular risk factors and the prevalence of cardiovascu- lar disease in a sample of the Italian population. 1. INTRODUCTION Methods: CHECK (Cholesterol and Health: Education, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), a group of disorders of Control and Knowledge) is a cross-sectional observa- the heart and blood vessels, including coronary heart tional stud