Evaluating Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Young Healthcare Professionals: Insights from Q-Risk 3 Calculations
Though the prevalence of major risk factors is high among healthcare workers other risk factors that the QRISK 3 algorithm takes into consideration were very low among the participants. The higher prevalence of metabolic risk factors emphasizes the need for the change in lifestyle behaviors of participants.
Authors
- Sujatha Mahadevarao Premnath
- Ramya Rangarajan
Institutions
- Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Pondicherry University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_272_23
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00