Traditional risk factor control in the Russian cohort of the hospital arm of EUROASPIRE V survey as compared to the whole study population

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Abstract Background Regular monitoring of risk factors control in patients (pts) with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is of paramount importance for interventions and policies targeting secondary prevention settings. Purpose To describe traditional risk factors control in men and women with history of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) or cardiac revascularization enrolled into the hospital care arm of EUROASPIRE V (European Action on Secondary and Primary Prevention by Intervention to Reduce Events) study in Russian centers vs the whole study population. Methods The hospital arm of EUROASPIRE V was a cross sectional survey covering multiple European countries including Russia. Within each country one or more hospitals were selected where consecutive pts (both genders, ≥18 and <80 years of age) hospitalized for myocardial revascularization procedures or for ACS were retrospectively identified. Identified patients were invited for interview, which had to take place ≥6 months and <2 years after the index hospitalization. The risk factors control was assessed during the interview. Results A total of 399 pts (women, 27.1%) have been interviewed in Russia vs 8261 pts (women, 25.8%) in the whole survey. The mean age of the Russian cohort at interview was 62.8±8.7 years in Russia vs 63.6±9.6 years in all EUROASPIRE V pts. The proportion of pts with uncontrolled risk factors in Russia vs the whole survey population was as follows: current smokers 19.0% vs 18.7%, obesity 47.0% vs 37.7%, abdominal obesity 60.4% vs 58.5%, uncontrolled diabetes 52.9% vs 45.6%, blood pressure (BP) not at goal 36.0% vs 46.3% and uncontrolled LDL cholesterol in 72.4% vs 71.0%, respectively. The table below represents uncontrolled risk factors by gender in Russian pts and in the whole study population. Conclusion Both in Russian centers and in the whole survey participants there was a considerable room for improvement o risk factors control. Smoking seemed to be a more common issue in men whereas obesity, uncontrolled diabetes and low physical activity were more prevalent in women. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None. Table 1