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Brief report: Do university students have high cardiovascular risk? A pilot study from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

Lee PY 1 , Ong TA 2 , Muna S 3 , Syed Alwi SAR 4 , Kamarudin K 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 2 2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak (Muna bt Sabri)
  • 4 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Malays Fam Physician, 2010;5(1):41-3.
PMID: 25606185

Abstract

A health screening was done in UNIMAS in August 2008 for 237 undergraduate students. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and blood pressure (BP) were measured for all subjects. Total cholesterol and glucose levels were checked for those who fulfilled the screening criteria. The proportion of participants with cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors was high. The strategies for health promotion should not only be targeted to the older community but also to the younger community.

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