Trend risk factors of coronary prevention study in Republika Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina (ROSCOPS)

Cardiovascular disease are the leadery couses of death in Republic of Srpska-Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within the framework of the National Program for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, we were following up risk factors for CHD and we found that all these factors were highly present. In our study we analyse 430 outpatient, aged between 40 and 70, 30% women and 70% men, with the following diagnoses: coronary artery bypass grafting, percutane us transluminal coronary angioplasty, acute myocardial infarction and acute myocardial ischaemia without infarction. Foreteen percent of patients smoked cigarettes, 26% were overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 30kg/m(2)), 74% had raised blood pressure (systolic BP greater than or equal to 140 and/or diastolic BP greater than or equal to 90mmHg), 28% had raised total plasma cholesterol (total cholesterol greater than or equal to 5,5mmol/l) and 24% were diabetic.