Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003485
• Publication Date: 2021-03-04T21:09:03Z
• Authors: David Peiris; Arpita Ghosh; Jennifer Manne-Go...; Lindsay M. Jaacks; Michaela Theilmann; Maja E. Marcus; Zhaxybay Zhumadilov; Lindiwe Tsabedze; Adil Supiyev; Bahendeka K. Silver; Abla M. Sibai; Bolormaa Norov; Mary T. Mayige; Joao S. Martins; Nuno Lunet; Demetre Labadarios; Jutta M. A. Jorge...; Corine Houehanou; David Guwatudde; Mongal S. Gurung; Albertino Damasceno; Krishna K. Aryal; Glennis Andall-Br...; Kokou Agoudavi; Briar McKenzie; Jacqui Webster; Rifat Atun; Till Bärnighausen; Sebastian Vollmer; Justine I. Davies; Pascal Geldsetzer
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study; High income countries; Global Health

Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population's median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its variation within by socio-demographic characteristics, (2) prevalence of self-reported blood pressure (BP) medication use among those with without an indication for such as per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.