Amani Kallel^1-3*, Imed Ben Ghorbel¹, Lamia Rais¹, Rabie Razgallah^1,4, Moncef Feki^2,3 and Riadh Jemaa^1-3

¹Tunisian Association for Study and Research on Atherosclerosis (ATERA), Tunisia
²Research Laboratory LR99ES11, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia
³Biochemistry Department, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
⁴Dacima Consulting, Tunisia

*Corresponding Author: Amani Kallel, Biochemistry Department, La Rabta Hospital, Jabbari, Tunis, Tunisia.

Received: June 12, 2024; Published: July 05, 2024

Abstract

Background: The ATERA Survey is a prospective epidemiological study aiming to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and other conventional risk factors for CHD; the relationship between environmental and lifestyle factors with dyslipidemia, the perception and the knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors by the population.

Methods: In this observational cross-sectional study we adopted a two stage stratified sampling method to obtain representative sample of the general Tunisian population. The study included a sample of the population coming from seven Tunisian regions (great Tunis, North East, North West, central East, central West, South East and southwest) and aged between 25 and 75 years old. The ATERA Survey was on in a random sampling including 10 576 men and women. The screening was assessed using an initial and an endpoint surveys covering socioeconomic, nutritional and anthropometric measures in addition to biological assessments.

Results: The total studied population was 10 576 participants divided into 4642 (43.9%) men and 5934 (56.1%) women. The results of our study show that in Tunisia, a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was observed especially for dyslipidemia (n = 5125; 48.5%) followed by hypertension (n = 4678; 44.2%) then Diabetes (n = 2428; 23.0%). High prevalence of hypertension was discovered fortuitously (n = 2464; 23.3%). In addition, a high prevalence of overweight (n = 4259; 40.3%) was found, with 69.3% of subjects having a BMI> 25 kg/m² (n = 7333). A high percentage (48.5%) of dyslipidemia was an incidental discovery by the ATERA Survey, in both genders.

Conclusion: The results of the ATERA survey show a serious situation since we are witnessing an explosion of cardiovascular risk factors and particularly dyslipidemia.

 Keywords: Dyslipidemia; Cholesterol; Triglyceridemia; Diabetes; Glycated Hemoglobin; Hypertension; Obesity; Nutrition; Intervention; Digital Tools; Behavioural Changement

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Citation

Citation: Amani Kallel., et al. “The ATREA Survey: Study Design and Main Results”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 8.8 (2024): 23-28.

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