Statistical Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors among Patients in Western Ethiopia

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major non-communicable disease-causing higher proportions of morbidity and mortality, impacting both in the rural and urban populations of Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to analysis the Cardiovascular disease and associated risk factor of patients in Nekemte Specialized and Gimbi Comprehensive Hospitals, western Ethiopia. A sample of 950 Cardiovascular patients at selected hospitals were selected using purposive sampling from the study area, from June 2018 to September 2019. Survival and Hazard functions, Kaplan-Meier Estimator, Cox Regression model, Logistic regression models, and tests methods of data analysis were used in this study. The study variables: Age, Sex, Residence, Tobacco use, Alcohol use, Obesity (BMI) in kg/m2, Physical Activity, Khat Use, Diabetes Status, Family History of HTN, circumference, using fruit, educational level are the main variables included in the study. The result of the study shows that age of patients, smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, practicing physical exercise, body mass index, having diabetes mellitus and having a family history of hypertension were among the factors that were highly significant to determine the censored and death patients, but the residence of patients has less significant effect on the censored of patients at study area. The result of the study also shows that, Cardiovascular Disease risk factors are highly prevalent among the hypertensive patients, older age, smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol and not practicing of physical exercise in this study. Finally, the researcher recommends that, to increases the censored of the cardiovascular patients, not drink alcohol, not use tobacco, not chew chat, doing physical exercise and eating fruits were the main recommended activities for this study.