Knowledge and attitude on cardiovascular disease risk factors and their relationship with obesity and biochemical parameters

ABSTRACT

Background: According to the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases [CVDs] in developing countries as well as high treatment expenses for patients and health-care systems, CVDs prevention in such societies has a great importance. One of the most effective strategies is improvement of knowledge and attitude towards the CVDs risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of females on CVDs risk factors and also the relationship between knowledge and attitude with obesity indices and biochemical parameters