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. 2022 Nov 30:10:1045202.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1045202. eCollection 2022.

Trend of metabolic risk factors among the population aged 25-64 years for non-communicable diseases over time in Vietnam: A time series analysis using national STEPs survey data

Lan Thi Hoang Vu  1 , Quyen Thi Tu Bui  1 , Long Quynh Khuong  2 , Bao Quoc Tran  3 , Truong Duc Lai  4 , Minh Van Hoang  5
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Trend of metabolic risk factors among the population aged 25-64 years for non-communicable diseases over time in Vietnam: A time series analysis using national STEPs survey data

Lan Thi Hoang Vu et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Introduction: The study aims to examine the trends of 4 metabolic NCDs risk factors including raised blood pressure, increased blood glucose, elevated blood lipids and overweight/obesity over the last 10 years in Vietnam as well as examine these trends among different sub-population by geographical area, gender, and age groups.

Methods: The study combined the national representative data from three rounds of STEPs survey in Vietnam conducted in 2010, 2015, and 2020 on people aged 25-64 years. The overall prevalence of each metabolic factor together with 95% CI for each time point as well as the stratified prevalence by rural/urban, male/female, and 4 separated age groups were calculated and considered the sampling weight. Cochran-Armitage test for trend was used to test for the differences in the prevalence over time.

Results: The prevalence of hypertension, overweight/obesity, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia among the population aged 25-64 years old was 28.3, 20.57, 6.96, and 15.63%, respectively in the year 2020. All NCD metabolic risk factors examined in this analysis show significantly increasing trends over time. For most age groups, the increasing burden of NCD metabolic risk factors was more significant during the period 2015-2020 compared to the period 2010-2015. Male population and population aged 55-64 experienced the most dramatic changes in the burden of all NCD metabolic risk factors.

Conclusion: To reverse the increasing trend of NCD metabolic factors in Vietnam, intervention, and policy need to apply a comprehensive life course approach.

Keywords: NCD; STEPs; metabolic risk factor; time series analyses; trend.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Relative changes in the prevalence of raised blood pressure among the population aged 25–64 years over time.
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Relative changes in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among the population aged 25–64 years over time.
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Relative changes in the prevalence of increased blood glucose over time.
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Relative changes in the prevalence of elevated blood lipids over time.
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Trends of NCD metabolic risk factors over time across different population groups.
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