Abstract 9572: Changes of the Incidence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in General Population During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Background: To examine influence of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular risk factors in general population, incidence of newly diagnosed hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia and excess body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic period was compared with that of those before the pandemic period. Methods: Annual incidence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia and excess body weight was evaluated in subjects who had annual health checkup offered to adult citizens of Moriguchi city, Osaka, Japan in 2019 and 2020. Those with history of cardiovascular disease were excluded. The incidence was compared with that of those who received the checkup in 2018 and 2019 as the control value. The incidence of each risk factor was evaluated in separate models in which subjects with the risk factor of interest at baseline were excluded. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed adjusted for clinical valuables including age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, drinking habit and excess body weight in each model. Results: Characteristics of the subjects at baseline and incidence of the risk factor next year in each model were presented in the table. The incidence of hypertension (odds ratio (OR)=1.45, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.29 to 1.64, p<0.0001), hypercholesterolemia (OR=1.55, 95% CI=1.37 to 1.76, p<0.0001), and excess body weight (OR=1.50, 95% CI=1.23 to 1.82, p<0.0001) from 2019 to 2020 was significantly higher compared to that from 2018 to 2019 but that of diabetes was not increased (OR=0.94, 95% CI=0.71 to 1.24, p=0.6648). Conclusions: Increased incidence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and excess body weight was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic period.