Abstract 15053: Prevalence and Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Across the National Income Spectrum in the Africa Middle East Region

Background: Developing countries account for a large proportion of global deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Macroeconomic factors may exacerbate the burden of CVD in these countries. We evaluated CVD risk factor (CVDRF) prevalence in the Africa and Middle East (AfME) region according to national income categories. Methods: The Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) Study is a multinational cross-sectional study evaluating the prevalence of CVDRFs (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity, smoking and abdominal obesity) in stable adult outpatients attending 94 general practice clinics across 14 countries in the AfME region. Countries were classified using World Bank definitions into low-income (LI), lower-middle income (LMI), upper-middle income (UMI), and high-income (HI) groups. Results: In total, 4,378 patients were recruited [age 46 ±14 years, 52% female, 260 (6%) from LI countries, 1,324 (30%) from LMI countries, 1,509 (35%) from UMI countries, and 1,285 (29%) fr...