Volume 11 — September 04, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Determinants of Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Participants of the South Carolina WISEWOMAN Program, 2009–2012
Vertical flowchart describing the selection process for our study of major cardiovascular risk factors among participants in the South Carolina WISEWOMAN Program, from May 2009 through June 2012. The top box shows the eligible population as 91,145 women. The next box shows the number of women in the general eligible population enrolled in the South Carolina Best Chance Network (BCN), 9,913. The following box shows the number of women participating in the South Carolina WISEWOMAN program, 5,429, which is a subset of BCN participants. Then the next box shows how many women were first-time participants in South Carolina WISEWOMAN, 4,266. The next two boxes show that data were incomplete for 694 women and complete for 3,572, the final number of women included in our study. The two adjacent boxes following that show that 1,794 fasted before clinical testing and 1,778 did not fast. The last two boxes show that among the women who fasted, we measured low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for 1,754 women and triglycerides for 1,771.
Figure 1. Selection process for participants in our study of major cardiovascular risk factors among women participating in the South Carolina WISEWOMAN program, 2009–2012. Abbreviations: SC BCN, South Carolina Best Chance Network; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
| Disease | Condition | Prevalence (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | Untreated | 15.6 |
| Hypertension | Uncontrolled | 34.7 |
| Hypertension | Treated and controlled | 25.6 |
| Hypertension | Absent | 24.1 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | Untreated | 7.56 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | Uncontrolled | 9.27 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | Treated and controlled | 51.0 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | Absent | 32.2 |
| Diabetes | Untreated | 4.00 |
| Diabetes | Uncontrolled | 20.9 |
| Diabetes | Treated and controlled | 1.20 |
| Diabetes | Absent | 73.9 |
Figure 2. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors
of first-time attendees (n = 3,572) of the South Carolina-WISEWOMAN,
2009–2012.
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