Global Prevalence of Aspirin Use for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of Nationally Representative, Individual-Level Data

• Sang Gune K. Yoo,
• Grace S. Chung,
• Silver K. Bahendeka,
• Abla M. Sibai,
• Albertino Damasceno,
• Farshad Farzadfar,
• Peter Rohloff,
• Corine Houehanou,
• Bolormaa Norov,
• Khem B. Karki,
• Mohammadreza Azangou-Khyavy,
• Maja E. Marcus,
• Krishna K Aryal,
• Luisa C. C. Brant,
• Michaela Theilmann,
• Renata Cífková,
• Nuno Lunet,
• Mongal S. Gurung,
• Joseph Kibachio Mwangi,
• Joao Martins,
• Rosa Haghshenas,
• Lela Sturua,
• Sebastian Vollmer,
• Till Bärnighausen,
• Rifat Atun,
• Jeremy B. Sussman,
• Kavita Singh,
• Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam,
• David Guwatudde,
• Pascal Geldsetzer,
• Jennifer Manne-Goehler,
• Mark D. Huffman,
• Justine I. Davies,
• David Flood

Affiliations

Sang Gune K. Yoo

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Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO

Grace S. Chung

ORCiD

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Silver K. Bahendeka

Department of Internal Medicine, MKPGMS Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala; St Francis Hospital, Nsambya, Kampala

Abla M. Sibai

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Epidemiology and Population Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut

Albertino Damasceno

ORCiD

Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo; Nucleo de Investigaçao, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Central do Maputo, Maputo

Farshad Farzadfar

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Peter Rohloff

Center for Indigenous Health Research, Wuqu’ Kawoq, Tecpán, GT; Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Boston, MA

Corine Houehanou

Laboratory of Epidemiology of Chronic and Neurological Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou

Bolormaa Norov

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Nutrition Department, National Center for Public Health, Ulaanbaatar

Khem B. Karki

Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu

Mohammadreza Azangou-Khyavy

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

Maja E. Marcus

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Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Krishna K Aryal

Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting in Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, NO; Public Health Promotion and Development Organization, Kathmandu

Luisa C. C. Brant

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Departamento de Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais; Telehealth Center, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte

Michaela Theilmann

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg; Professorship of Behavioral Sciences in Prevention and Care, Technical University of Munich

Renata Cífková

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Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer University Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Prague; Department of Medicine II, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague

Nuno Lunet

Department of Public Health and Forensic Health Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto; EPIUnit – Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto; ITR – Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, Porto

Mongal S. Gurung

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Health Research and Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Thimphu

Joseph Kibachio Mwangi

Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, KE; The Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva

Joao Martins

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Dili

Rosa Haghshenas

Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

Lela Sturua

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Non-Communicable Disease Department, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi; Professor, Public Health Department, Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy

Sebastian Vollmer

Department of Economics & Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen, Göttingen

Till Bärnighausen

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, DE; Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, US; Africa Health Research Institute, Somkhele and Durban

Rifat Atun

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Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Jeremy B. Sussman

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI

Kavita Singh

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, DE; Centre For Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi

Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam

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Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR; Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel

David Guwatudde

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala

Pascal Geldsetzer

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Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub – San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Jennifer Manne-Goehler

Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Mark D. Huffman

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Department of Medicine and Global Health Center, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, US; The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Justine I. Davies

Institute for Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK; Centre for Global Surgery, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town; Medical Research Council/ Wits University Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

David Flood

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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US; Center for Indigenous Health Research, Wuqu’ Kawoq, Tecpán; INCAP Research Center for Prevention of Chronic Diseases, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Guatemala City