Sarraf-Zadegan N, Sadri G, Malek Afzali H, Baghaei M, Mohammadi Fard N, Shahrokhi S, Tolooie H, Poormoghaddas M, Sadeghi M, Tavassoli A, Rafiei M, Kelishadi R, Rabiei K, Bashardoost N, Boshtam M, Asgary S, Naderi G, Changiz T, Youseife A

Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme: a comprehensive integrated community-based programme for cardiovascular disease prevention and control. Design, methods and initial experience

Acta Cardiol 2003;58:309–20

Cardiovascular disease

To reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality using a risk factor prevention and control programme

Open

Aim 6 years

12,600 individuals (6300 intervention, 6300 control), aged ≥ 19 years

Hypertension and diabetes prevention and control, cholesterol-lowering diet, smoking cessation, and exercise (intervention), or no intervention (control)

Not yet available

Data from a substudy evaluating cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents have been published in Pediatr Int 2003;45:435–42 and Prev Med 2004;39:760–6. Data on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome stratified by presence or absence of hypertension have been published in Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005;34:243–9