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Nouravaran Feizabadi M, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni K, Rahimi Foroushani A, Taghipour A. Assessment of Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors in the Staff of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Using on a Multilevel Analysis Approach. sjsph 2022; 19 (4) :423-432
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Maryam Nouravaran Feizabadi1 
, Kourosh Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni * 2, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani3 , Ali Taghipour4
, Kourosh Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni * 2, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani3 , Ali Taghipour4
1- MSc. Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,holakoik@hotmail.com
3- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,
3- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death globally, causing annually 17.3 million deaths, more than 75% of these deaths occurring in the low- and middle-income countries. Although extensive studies have been conducted to determine the risk factors for these diseases, limited studies have been performed to investigate these factors using a multilevel analysis method. The aim of this study was to determine the CVD risk factors in the staff of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences using a multilevel analysis approach, as well as compare the application of the conventional and multilevel logistic regressions in doing this according to the hierarchical structure of the data.
Materials and Methods: This was a case-control study including a total of 1091 randomly selected individuals from among the people in a prospective cohort study, namely, the “PERSIAN Cohort Study in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences” in 2018. The case group included 152 patients with a definite diagnosis of CVD and the control group 939 staff members not suffering at the time from CVD. Data analysis was done using the STATA software. Data analysis (based on frequencies and percentages) was done using one-way and two-level logistic regression analysis at α = 0.05.
Results: Multivariate analysis showed that hypertension, smoking, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol were among the cardiovascular risk factors with a significant relationship with the disease. Based on the two-tier logistic regression model, the odds ratio for CVD in the hypertensive patients was 3.93 times that in individuals with a normal blood pressure with a confidence interval of 2.64-6.28. The risk in smokers was 1.85 (1.11-3.09) times that in nonsmokers. The CVD odds ratio in individuals with a high fasting blood glucose level (undiagnosed/uncontrolled diabetes) was 2.7 (1.18-6.18) times that in those with a normal blood pressure. There were no statistically differences between the case and control groups as regards the other variables ─ body mass index, diabetes (controlled or uncontrolled), or blood triglyceride level.
Conclusion: The findings show that statistical model selection can influence the results of data analysis in a dataset. It should be noted that the results of this study indicate a high prevalence of some cardiovascular risk factors among the staff. Another crucial point in this study is that the level of physical activity of the staff was found to be low, which would result in increased risk of overweight and obesity.
Materials and Methods: This was a case-control study including a total of 1091 randomly selected individuals from among the people in a prospective cohort study, namely, the “PERSIAN Cohort Study in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences” in 2018. The case group included 152 patients with a definite diagnosis of CVD and the control group 939 staff members not suffering at the time from CVD. Data analysis was done using the STATA software. Data analysis (based on frequencies and percentages) was done using one-way and two-level logistic regression analysis at α = 0.05.
Results: Multivariate analysis showed that hypertension, smoking, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol were among the cardiovascular risk factors with a significant relationship with the disease. Based on the two-tier logistic regression model, the odds ratio for CVD in the hypertensive patients was 3.93 times that in individuals with a normal blood pressure with a confidence interval of 2.64-6.28. The risk in smokers was 1.85 (1.11-3.09) times that in nonsmokers. The CVD odds ratio in individuals with a high fasting blood glucose level (undiagnosed/uncontrolled diabetes) was 2.7 (1.18-6.18) times that in those with a normal blood pressure. There were no statistically differences between the case and control groups as regards the other variables ─ body mass index, diabetes (controlled or uncontrolled), or blood triglyceride level.
Conclusion: The findings show that statistical model selection can influence the results of data analysis in a dataset. It should be noted that the results of this study indicate a high prevalence of some cardiovascular risk factors among the staff. Another crucial point in this study is that the level of physical activity of the staff was found to be low, which would result in increased risk of overweight and obesity.
Keywords: Multilevel Analysis, Case-control, Risk Factor, Cardiovascular Diseases, Multivariate Analysis, Multilevel Multivariate Analysis
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Public Health
Received: 2022/07/5 | Accepted: 2022/03/19 | Published: 2022/07/6
Received: 2022/07/5 | Accepted: 2022/03/19 | Published: 2022/07/6
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