Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) play an increasingly important
role as the major cause of mortality and morbidity and
are one of the leading health issues across the world [1–3].
In our country, deaths associated with cardiovascular
diseases (CVD) are at the top of the list. In an attempt to
decrease the rate of mortality from cardiovascular diseases,
cardiovascular risk factors should be brought under control.
Economic transformation, urbanization, industrialization,
and globalization inducing life style changes such as tobacco
use, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet are strictly correlated
with the progression of heart diseases. Life expectancy
rises rapidly in developed and developing countries and
people are exposed to these risk factors for a longer time