Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older people: Data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015

Shariff Ghazali Sazlina; Rajini Sooryanarayana; Bee Kiau Ho; Mohd. Azahadi Omar; Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai; Noorlaili Mohd Tohit; Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin; Suthahar Ariaratnam; Noor Ani Ahmad

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240826

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Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older people: Data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015

Shariff Ghazali Sazlina ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sazlina@medic.upm.edu.my

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing™), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5737-7226

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Rajini Sooryanarayana ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Bee Kiau Ho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanik, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bandar Botanic, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Mohd. Azahadi Omar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Malaysia
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Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, National Defense University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Noorlaili Mohd Tohit ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Elderly Health Sector, Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Suthahar Ariaratnam,

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selayang Campus, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
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Noor Ani Ahmad

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Family Health Research, Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older people: Data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015

Shariff Ghazali Sazlina,
Rajini Sooryanarayana,
Bee Kiau Ho,
Mohd. Azahadi Omar,
Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai,
Noorlaili Mohd Tohit,
Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin,
Suthahar Ariaratnam,
Noor Ani Ahmad

Published: October 21, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240826

About the Authors

Shariff Ghazali Sazlina

Contributed equally to this work with: Shariff Ghazali Sazlina, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd. Azahadi Omar, Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin, Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sazlina@medic.upm.edu.my

Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing™), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5737-7226

Rajini Sooryanarayana

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia

Bee Kiau Ho

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanik, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Bandar Botanic, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd. Azahadi Omar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Ambigga Devi Krishnapillai

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, National Defense University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Noorlaili Mohd Tohit

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Elderly Health Sector, Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia

Suthahar Ariaratnam

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selayang Campus, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

Noor Ani Ahmad

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Family Health Research, Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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