Cardiovascular Risk (CV) Assessment according to the WHO Cholesterol Free Chart in the Cardiology Department of University Hospital Gabriel Touré

Abstract

Aim: Estimate Cardiovascular Risk for Patients in the Outpatient Unit in UH GT using the WHO cholesterol free chart. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study was performed from May 02 to September 02, 2016 in the UH GT outpatient unit. Involved patients were older 15 years and gave consent to participate in the study. All patients were interviewed, underwent physical examination and labor assessment. Cardiovascular risk was evaluated using the WHO chart, without cholesterol availability, with blood glucose, sex, smoking, age, systolic blood pressure (SBP). Data were recorded in an ACCESS 2010 database, processed in MS Excel 2010 and analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Results: 922 patients (62.9% female and 69.5% without health insurance) were seen. Risk factors in the sample were dominated by hypertension, diabetes, and physical inactivity. Patients with a risk <10% accounted for 83.4%. Sex and age range were significantly different from the level of risk. The most common pathologies did not differ statistically significantly from the estimated risk (p = 0.998). Conclusion: Since cholesterol dosing is not always available, a cardiovascular risk assessment using a method without cholesterol is a good alternative. Studies are needed to define the profile of patients in whom it is necessary to assess cholesterol level for the cardiovascular risk assessment.