The Health of the University of Ghana Community I Prevalence of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases among Workers

Abstract

Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. Globally, CVDs are the largest killers, claiming 17.1million lives a year. Populations of Sub-Saharan African descent are at an increased risk of developing CVDs. In Ghana, there has been a documented increase in prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes over the last fifty years. A study done in the University of Ghana in 2006 to screen all the workers, showed a prevalence of 13.8% and 61% of undiagnosed Hypertension and Diabetes respectively. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of risk factors associated with Cardiovascular Diseases in workers of University of Ghana, Legon.