Prevalence of conventional risk factors in Jordanians with coronary heart disease: the Jordan Hyperlipidemia and Related Targets Study (JoHARTS).

Background: The prevalence of the major conventional cardiovascular risk factors - cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia - among coronary heart disease (CHD) patients in the Middle East has not been studied extensively.

Methods And Results: The Jordan Hyperlipidemia And Related Targets Study (JoHARTS) evaluated the prevalence of the 4 conventional risk factors in 5000 individuals including 1692 (34%) women. CHD was present in 1534 (31%) individuals (1202 men and 332 women).