Risk factors of coronary artery disease in different regions of Saudi Arabia

Autor:	Ali K. Osman, Mansour M. Al-Nozha
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Prevalence Blood lipids General Medicine medicine.disease Obesity Coronary artery disease Blood pressure Diabetes mellitus Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Physical therapy business Body mass index
Zdroj:	Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 6:465-474
ISSN:	1687-1634 1020-3397
DOI:	10.26719/2000.6.2-3.465
Popis:	A national nutrition survey was carried out in Saudi Arabia between 1989 and 1994. One objective was to investigate the prevalence of well established atherogenic risk factors among adults 18 years and older, namely obesity, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, diabetes mellitus and high systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Obesity prevalence was positively correlated with all five coronary artery disease risk factors investigated. Variation among regions in relation to the prevalence of these risk factors was observed. Saudi Arabia’s ecology has resulted in variation in the lifestyle and food consumption patterns of the people of the different regions, which might be a major underlying cause of the variation and high prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors
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