Lifestyle and health determinants of cardiovascular disease among Greek older adults living in Eastern Aegean Islands: An adventure within the MEDIS study
Autor: | Dimitra Tyrovola, Evangelos Polychronopoulos, Efstratia Paka, Akis Zeimbekis, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Dilek Ural, Alexandra Foscolou, Vassiliki Bountziouka, Stefanos Tyrovolas |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system Cvd risk Context (language use) Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Diet Mediterranean Mediterranean Islands 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Gökçeada Risk Factors Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Greek island Life Style Aged Eastern Aegean islands Aged 80 and over Cardiometabolic risk Medicine(all) Greece business.industry medicine.disease Obesity Lifestyle factors Cardiovascular Diseases lcsh:RC666-701 Older adults Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Dyslipidemia Demography |
Zdroj: | Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, Vol 57, Iss 6, Pp 407-414 (2016) |
ISSN: | 1109-9666 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.hjc.2016.11.021 |
Popis: | Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate lifestyle and health determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among Greek elderly residents living in Eastern Aegean islands, in both Greece and Turkey. Methods: Under the context of the MEDIS study, 724 older adults (aged 65 to 100 years) from 8 Eastern Aegean Sea Greek islands (n = 100 living in Samothrace, 142 in Lesvos, 150 in Limnos, 76 in Ikaria, 52 in Kassos, 149 in Rhodes and Karpathos) and from Turkey (n = 55 older adults of Greek origin living on Gökçeada Island) were voluntarily recruited. Overall cardiometabolic risk was measured as the sum (range 0-4) of four common CVD risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and obesity). Results: Greek islanders had higher CVD scores compared to Greeks of Gökçeada (1.9±1.1 vs 1.4±1.0 risk factors / participant, p |
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