Research Article

The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Polish Soldiers: The Results from the MIL-SCORE Program

Table 4

Cardiovascular risk assessment and selected single risk factors by age.

Total20–30 years of age31–40 years of age41–50 years of age>50 years of age value

CV risk by SCORE5985
Mean SCORE2.4 ± 1.52.4 ± 1.32.7 ± 1.51.5 ± 1.04.3 ± 2.5<0.00001
SCORE < 1%9 (0.2)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)9 (0.8)0 (0.0)<0.00001
SCORE ≥1 and <5%5479 (91.5)2080 (93.0)2091 (89.5)1161 (97.5)147 (66.5)
SCORE ≥5% and <10%472 (7.9)155 (6.9)237 (10.2)18 (1.5)62 (28.1)
SCORE ≥10%25 (0.4)2 (0.1)8 (0.3)3 (0.3)12 (5.4)
Prevalence of single clinical markers of high or very high CV risk
BP >180/110 mmHg6304158 (2.5)27 (1.2)55 (2.2)63 (4.9)13 (4.9)<0.00001
T-C >310 mg/dl644089 (1.4)8 (0.3)37 (1.5)35 (2.6)9 (3.0)<0.00001
Coronary artery disease633314 (0.2)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)5 (0.4)9 (3.4)<0.00001
Chronic kidney disease633311 (0.2)1 (0.04)5 (0.2)5 (0.4)0 (0.0)0.101
Diabetes mellitus633363 (1.0)0 (0.0)6 (0.24)39 (3.0)18 (6.8)<0.00001

Data presented as number (percentage). Relative risk. BP: blood pressure; SCORE: systematic coronary risk evaluation.