Venezuelan Study of Cardiometabolic Health (EVESCAM)
The EVESCAM study was the first national representative, population-based, observational, cross-sectional, and cluster sampling study, designed to evaluate cardiometabolic risk factors among subjects aged ≥ 20 years in Venezuela from July 2014 to January 2017.
The aim was to determine the prevalence of cardio-metabolic risk factors in adults in a national sample of Venezuela.
The effect of the Venezuelan situation on the cardiovascular effect of the population is unknown, especially, how this environment impacted the population across diverse socioeconomic status.
The aims of the study were:
- To assess the change between 2015/2017 and 2018/2019 in 10-year fatal cardiovascular disease risk stratified by socioeconomic status in Venezuela. We hypothesize that populations with lower socioeconomic status will have a larger increase in 10-year cardiovascular risk during this period.
- To quantify the change between 2015/2017 and 2018/2019 in individual risk factors/behaviors
Dr. Diana de Oliverira, Masih Babagoli, Dr. María Infante, Natalia Sulbarán, Andrea Medina
| Year | Type | Project | Title | Journal | Authors | Link | Impact Factor | Quartile |
| 2024 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | The diabetes care continuum in Venezuela: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses to evaluate engagement and retention in care | PLOS Glob Public Health | Dina Goodman-Palmer,Juan P. González-Rivas,Lindsay M. Jaacks ,Maritza Duran,María Inés Marulanda,Eunice Ugel,Jorge E. Chavarro,Goodarz Danaei,Ramfis Nieto-Martinez | Link | 3.3 | Q1 |
| 2023 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Comparison of social gradient in cardiometabolic health in Czechia and Venezuela: a cross-sectional study. | BMJ Open | Anna Bartoskova, R Nieto-Martinez, J.I Mechanick, G Neto, M. M Infante-Garcia, H Pikhart, Martin Bobak, J Medina-Inojosa, Juan P Gonzalez-Rivas. | Link | 3.007 | Q1 |
| 2022 | Poster | EVESCAM Cohort | Social Disparities in Cardiometabolic Health in Czechia and Venezuela Using the Allostatic Load Model | Central European Journal of public health | Anna Bartoskova, R Nieto-Martinez, J.I Mechanick, G Neto, M. M Infante-Garcia, H Pikhart, Martin Bobak, J Medina-Inojosa, Juan P Gonzalez-Rivas. | Link | 1.16 | Q3 |
| 2021 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | The EVESCAM study: a national cross-sectional survey in adults. | Primary Care Diabetes | Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, Juan P. González-Rivas, Eunice Ugel, Maritza Duran, Eric Dávila, Ramez Constantino, Alberto García, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, María Inés Marulanda. | Link | 2.567 | Q2 |
| 2020 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Optimal waist circumference cutoff values to predict cardiometabolic alterations in a Venezuela national representative sample. The EVESCAM study | Arch Cardiol Mex | Juan P. González-Rivas, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Rocio Iglesias-Fortes, Diana De Oliveira-Gomes3, Jesús Silva, José Valencia, Estherbany Figueroa, Maritza Duran, Eunice Ugel, María M. Infante-García, María Inés Marulanda, Ramfis Nieto-Martínez. | Link | 0.126 | Q4 |
| 2020 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Dietary intake and cardiometabolic risk factors among Venezuelan adults: a nationally representative analysis | BMC Nutrition | Dina Goodman, Juan P. González-Rivas, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Maritza Duran, María Inés Marulanda, Eunice Ugel, Josiemer Mattei, Jorge E. Chavarro & Ramfis Nieto-Martinez | Link | 11.15 | Q3 |
| 2019 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | External validation of the Finnish diabetes risk score in Venezuela using a national sample: The EVESCAM | Prim Care Diabetes | Nieto-Martínez, González-Rivas JP, Ugel E, Marulanda MI, Durán M, Mechanick JI, Aschner P. | Link | 2.567 | Q2 |
| 2019 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Diabetes and depression were not associated in Venezuelan adults: The EVESCAM study, a national cross-sectional sample | Prim Care Diabetes | Juan Pablo González-Rivas, William Polonsky, María María Infante-García, Maritza Durana, Eunice Ugela, María Ines Marulandaa, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Ramfis Nieto-Martínez. | Link | 2.567 | Q2 |
| 2019 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Cardiovascular Health in a National Sample of Venezuelan Subjects Assessed According to the AHA Score. | Global Heart | González-Rivas Juan Pablo, Mechanick JI, Ugel E, Marulanda MI, Duran M, Nieto-Martínez R | Link | 3.64 | Q1 |
| 2019 | Original | EVESCAM Cohort | Re-Classifying Hypertension in the Venezuelan EVESCAM Database Using 2017 AHA/ACC Criteria: High Prevalence, Poor Control, and Urgent Call for Action. | Annals of Global Health | Juan González-Rivas, Jeffrey Mechanick, Maritza Duran, Eunice Ugel, María Marulanda and Ramfis Nieto-Martínez | Link | 3.64 | Q2 |