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This study aims to assess the prevalence of CVDRFs and their determinants.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a household-based, cross-sectional survey among adults \u226518\u00a0y of age in 120 randomly sampled clusters in two districts.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 6061 participants, 52.2% were female and their median age was 39\u00a0y (interquartile range 27\u201358). The overall prevalence of overweight, diabetes, elevated blood pressure (BP) and tobacco use was 39.9%, 5.3%, 21.6% and 24.9%, respectively. Among participants, 34.6% had none, 45.2% had one and 20.2% had two or more CVDRFs. Women were more likely to have two or more CVDRFs (20.7% vs 12.3%). Overall, 7.5% of participants had elevated total cholesterol, 52.7% had low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and 1.6% had elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Among younger participants (18\u201329\u00a0y), 16.1% reported tobacco use, 28.6% were overweight, 1.5% had diabetes and 3.5% had elevated BP. Household wealth positively correlated with the prevalence of elevated BP, overweight and diabetes, whereas tobacco use was higher among people in the lowest three wealth quintiles.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>CVDRFs are highly prevalent in Lesotho across age and sex groups, underlining the importance of strengthening prevention and care programs in Lesotho and similar settings in southern Africa.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/inthealth\/ihad058","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,18]],"date-time":"2023-08-18T10:42:29Z","timestamp":1692355349000},"page":"313-324","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in Lesotho: a population-based survey"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Lucia","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez 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