Department of Health Services Management, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2011 Apr 14;11:16. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-16.
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of selected atherothrombotic risk factors and several clinical manifestations of atherothrombosis, as well as the utilization rates of selected vascular interventions in Greece.
During December 2009, 3,007 adults (aged 47 ± 16 years, 48.3% men and 51.7% women) recruited in a random-digit dialed telephone survey (response rate: 16%). The sample size was selected following a multistage and stratified by gender, age group, and Greek region procedure in order to be more representative. Data regarding medical history and socio-demographic characteristics of the participants were collected.
Overall, 6.5%, 17.7% and 14.0% of participants reported that they had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, respectively. In the overall sample, 2.5% of participants reported that they had been diagnosed with angina, 2.0% with myocardial infarction, 1.6% with stroke and 2.5% with peripheral artery disease. Overall, 1.5% of participants reported that they had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention, 1.4% coronary artery bypass grafting, 0.6% angioplasty of a peripheral vessel, and 0.7% surgery of a peripheral vessel.
Despite the limitations may occur due to the sampling procedure, the findings of the present study indicate that atherothrombosis affects a large portion of the population in Greece and it is expected to impose a significant economic burden. The data of the current study could contribute in obtaining an accurate estimation of the economic burden of atherothrombosis in Greece because people who are aware of their condition/disease are those who use health care resources.
本研究旨在估计希腊特定动脉粥样硬化血栓形成风险因素和几种动脉粥样硬化临床表现的流行率，以及选择的血管介入治疗的使用率。
2009 年 12 月，通过随机数字拨号电话调查（应答率：16%）招募了 3007 名成年人（年龄 47 ± 16 岁，48.3%为男性，51.7%为女性）。为了更具代表性，采用多阶段和按性别、年龄组和希腊地区分层的方法选择样本量。收集了参与者的病史和社会人口统计学特征数据。
总体而言，6.5%、17.7%和 14.0%的参与者分别报告患有糖尿病、高血压和高胆固醇血症。在整个样本中，2.5%的参与者报告患有心绞痛，2.0%的参与者报告患有心肌梗死，1.6%的参与者报告患有中风，2.5%的参与者报告患有外周动脉疾病。总体而言，1.5%的参与者报告接受了经皮冠状动脉介入治疗，1.4%的参与者接受了冠状动脉旁路移植术，0.6%的参与者接受了外周血管血管成形术，0.7%的参与者接受了外周血管手术。
尽管由于抽样程序可能存在局限性，但本研究的结果表明，动脉粥样硬化血栓形成影响了希腊很大一部分人群，预计会造成重大的经济负担。本研究的数据可以有助于准确估计希腊动脉粥样硬化血栓形成的经济负担，因为那些了解自己病情/疾病的人是那些使用医疗保健资源的人。
