Anita Šestáková, Zuzana Šestáková, Zora Brezová, Tatiana Foltánová
The aim of this study was to assess the success of nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions in modification of selected cardiovascular risk factors (cholesterol-total, LDL, HDL, triacylglycerols, overweight, obesity) in overweight or obese patients (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2). The results of retrospective analysis of 50 patients (men/women 32/68 %) showed that LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol are the most easily modifiable factors, whereas obesity and waist circumference respectively are the most difficult modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. Monitoring of waist circumference in clinical praxis may lead to the earlier identification of high-risk patients and initiation of their risk factors modification, which is despite the possibilities still complicated and insufficient.