Vascular Risk Factors

Definition

Hypertension

-Patient with medical history of hypertension, treated or not. Or

-Patient with persistent high blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg after stroke

Diabetes Mellitus

-Patient with medical history of diabetes, treated or not. Or

-Random serum glucose > or = 2 g/l. Or venous fasting glucose test > 1.26 g/l

Dyslipidemia

One of these conditions

-Patient with medical history of dyslipidemia or

-Total cholesterol > 2 g/l or

-Low density lipoprotein > 1 g/l or

-High density lipoprotein < 0.40 g/l or

Sleep Apnoea Disease

Suspected in patient with 3 of these conditions:

-Snoring when sleeping

-Apnea during sleeping

-Excessive diurnal sleepiness

-Can be associated with obesity

Alcohol Consumption

Daily alcohol intake > 40 g/l

Obesity

2 methods were used

-the body mass index > 30: obesity

-and when it’s impossible to have the BMI, we used the abdominal circumference: >102 cm in male and >88 cm in female