Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Patterns and Their Implications for Intervention Strategies in Vietnam

Table 3

Average estimated overall CVD 10-year risk using Framingham general risk score (either using lipid profile or BMI) and prevalence of high overall risk in a studied population of Vietnamese adults, stratified by sex and age group.

	Average overall risk (%)		Difference (%) between (1) and (2)	Prevalence of overall (%)
	Using lipid profile (1)	Using BMI (2)		Risk ≥10%	Risk ≥20%	Risk ≥30%
Women
30–34	1.0	1.1	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
35–44	1.9	2.0	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
45–54	5.1	5.3	10.9	5.9	1.3	0.1
55–64	12.0	12.3	7.0	41.2	13.6	4.2
65–74	17.1	18.0	11.0	68.4	27.5	9.3
Men
30–34	3.3	3.6	23.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
35–44	7.1	7.3	19.5	14.3	0.8	0.0
45–54	13.7	15.5	21.1	63.7	12.9	1.6
55–64	22.7	25.0	19.7	86.9	46.9	20.4
65–74	37.0	39.6	12.9	98.4	81.4	57.2
Total
Women	5.8	6.1	10.1	13.9	4.6	1.4
Male	14.6	16.0	20.0	52.5	20.4	9.0
Both sexes	8.8	9.4	13.4	27.0	10.0	3.9