Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean American elderly
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean American elderly
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DOI：
10.1177/01939450122045140
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发表时间：
2001-04-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Kim, KB
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作者：
Kim, MT;Juon, HS;Kim, KB
对马里兰州的205名韩裔美国老年人进行了深入的心血管危险因素评估，其中包括75名男性和130名女性，年龄为60至89岁（平均年龄= 69.9 +/- 6.5岁）。每个参与者都评估了六个风险因素：高血压，当前吸烟，高血胆固醇，超重，久坐的生活方式和糖尿病。这项横断面研究的结果表明，高血压是韩裔美国老年人中主要的心血管疾病风险因素（71%），其次是高血胆固醇（53%），超重（43%），久坐不动的生活方式（24%），糖尿病（18%）和吸烟（7%）。三分之二的样本有多种心血管疾病风险因素。观察到的患病率和危险因素的模式与多种危险因素的分布一致，即高血压、高血胆固醇和超重的组合在韩裔美国老年人中最常见（62%）。这些发现表明，需要采取文化相关和突出的策略来减少该人群中的多种危险因素。
An in-depth cardiovascular risk factor assessment was carried our in a sample of 205 Korean American elderly in Maryland, consisting of 75 males and 130 females aged 60 to 89 years (mean age = 69.9 +/- 6.5 years). Six risk factors were assessed in each participant: high blood pressure, current smoking, high blood cholesterol, overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and diabetes. The findings of this cross-sectional study suggested that high blood pressure was the leading cardiovascular disease risk factor among Korean American elderly (71%), followed by high blood cholesterol (53%), overweight(43%), sedentary life style (24%), diabetes (18%), and smoking (7%). Two thirds of the sample had multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors. The pattern of prevalence and risk factors that was observed war consistent with the distribution of multiple risk factors in that the combination of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and overweight was most common in Korean American elderly (62%), These findings indicate that culturally relevant and salient strategies are needed to reduce multiple risk factors in this population.