PMID- 19671195
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20091117
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 9
DP  - 2009 Aug 12
TI  - Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in the Mekong Delta, 
      Vietnam: results from a STEPS survey.
PG  - 291
LID - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-291 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in 
      Vietnam, information on the prevalence of preventable risk factors for NCD is 
      restricted to the main urban centres of Ha Noi, and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). This 
      population-based survey aimed to describe the prevalence of risk factors for NCD 
      in a rural Vietnamese sample. METHODS: This survey was conducted using the WHO 
      "STEPwise approach to surveillance of non-communicable diseases" (STEPS) 
      methodology. Participants (n=1978) were residents of the Mekong Delta region 
      selected by multi-stage sampling. Standardised international protocols were used 
      to measure behavioural risk factors (smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and 
      vegetable consumption, physical activity), physical characteristics (weight, 
      height, waist and hip circumferences, blood pressure--BP), fasting blood glucose 
      (BG) and total cholesterol (TC). Data were analysed using complex survey analysis 
      methods. RESULTS: In this sample, 8.8% of men and 12.6% of women were overweight 
      (body mass index (BMI)>or=25 kg/m2) and 2.3% of men and 1.5% of women were obese 
      (BMI>or=30 kg/m2). The prevalence of hypertension (systolic BP>or=140 mmHg and/or 
      diastolic BP>or=90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension) was 27.3% for men 
      and 16.2% for women. There were 1.0% of men and 1.1% of women with raised BG 
      (defined as capillary whole BG of at least 6.1 mmol/L). CONCLUSION: We provide 
      the first NCD risk factor profile of people living in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam 
      using standardised methodology. Our findings for this predominantly rural sample 
      differ from previous studies conducted in Ha Noi and HCMC, and suggest that it is 
      inappropriate to generalise findings from the big-city surveys to the other 80% 
      of the population.
FAU - Pham, Luc H
AU  - Pham LH
AD  - Faculty of Public Health, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Can Tho, 
      Vietnam. phluc534cairang@yahoo.com
FAU - Au, Thuy B
AU  - Au TB
FAU - Blizzard, Leigh
AU  - Blizzard L
FAU - Truong, Nhan B
AU  - Truong NB
FAU - Schmidt, Michael D
AU  - Schmidt MD
FAU - Granger, Robert H
AU  - Granger RH
FAU - Dwyer, Terence
AU  - Dwyer T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090812
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Disease/classification
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
PMC - PMC2907521
EDAT- 2009/08/13 09:00
MHDA- 2009/11/18 06:00
PMCR- 2009/08/12
CRDT- 2009/08/13 09:00
PHST- 2009/03/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/08/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/08/13 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/08/13 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/11/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2009/08/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-2458-9-291 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-291 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2009 Aug 12;9:291. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-291.