Association between fast-food consumption and the risk of developing coronary heart disease among the male population in Peshawar

Abstract

Aim and objective: To assess the association between fast-food consumption and the risk of developing coronary heart disease among the male population in Peshawar. Materials and method: The current descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on males at the department of medicine, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar after approval from the ethical review board (ERB). The duration of study was one years from January 2021 to January 2022. The age of the participants was from 25-60 years and they were working various kinds of jobs in many types of offices. The total sample size was 428 calculated through the Rao-soft calculator with a 95 % confidence interval. They all were selected through a non-randomized convenient sampling technique. All the data were analyzed by using the latest version of SPSS 24. Results: A total of 428 participants were selected for the study of which 412 (96.26 %) were taking fast food and 16 (3.73%) were not consuming them, moreover, the mean age and BMI of the participants who were taking a fast-food were 38.89± 6.89 and 26.14 ±2.87 respectively, while mean and BMI of those were not consuming them 38.42±7.31 and 25.57± 3.24 accordingly.