The M ala y sian HE alth and Well B eing A ssessmen T (MyHEBAT) Study Protocol: An Initiation of a National Registry for Extended Cardiovascular Risk Evaluation in the Community

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 19;19(18):11789. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811789.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a burden to many developing countries for decades, including Malaysia. Although various steps have been taken to prevent and manage CVD, it remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The rising prevalence of CVD risk factors such as hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes, overweight and obesity is the main driving force behind the CVD epidemic. Therefore, a nationwide health study coined as the Malaysian Health and Wellbeing Assessment (MyHEBAT) was designed. It aimed to investigate the prevalence of CVD and the associated risk factors in the community across Malaysia. The MyHEBAT study recruited participants (18-75 years old) through community health screening programmes from 11 states in Malaysia. The MyHEBAT study was further divided into two sub-studies, namely, the Cardiovascular Risk Epidemiological Study (MyHEBAT-CRES) and the MyHEBAT Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Study (MyHEBAT-FH). These studies assessed the prevalence of CVD risk factors and the prevalence of FH in the community, respectively. The data garnered from the MyHEBAT study will provide information for healthcare providers to devise better prevention and clinical practice guidelines for managing CVD in Malaysia.

Keywords: CVD risk factor; cardiovascular disease; familial hypercholesterolaemia; risk categorisation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cardiovascular Diseases* / prevention & control
  • Heart Disease Risk Factors
  • Humans
  • Hypercholesterolemia*
  • Hyperlipidemias*
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / diagnosis
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II* / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Registries
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia Long Term Research Grant Scheme (600-RMI/LRGS 3/5(2/2011)), and in-part by the National Professorial Council (MPN- grant code: 854000160001), and the UK-Malaysia (Newton Ungku Omar Fund): Grant Reference: 100-TNCPI/GOV 16/6/2 (002/2020)-02, awarded to the corresponding author, H.N.