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The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia

Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) was the second leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2006. CHD has known risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among 260 participants age...

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Main Authors: Chang, Ching Thon, Lee, Ping Yein, Cheah, Whye Lian
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24495/1/The%20prevalence%20of%20cardiovascular%20risk%20factors%20in%20the%20young%20and%20middle.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:24495 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24495/ The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia Chang, Ching Thon Lee, Ping Yein Cheah, Whye Lian Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) was the second leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2006. CHD has known risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among 260 participants aged 20 to 65 years in a rural community in Sarawak. Results: The prevalences of overweight and obesity in this study were 39.6% and 11.9%, respectively. Approximately 13% of participants had hypertension, and 1.5% had a random blood sugar greater than 11.1 mmol/L. Chi-square tests showed significant associations between obesity and gender (P = 0.007), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and race (P = 0.05), high total cholesterol and age (P = 0.007), age and hypertension (P = 0.011), smoking and gender (P < 0.001), and smoking and income (P = 0.050). Age-adjusted logistic regression showed that women were 0.246 times more likely to be obese, that older participants (> 45 years) were 0.395 times more likely to have high cholesterol and that those with a higher monthly household income (> RM830) were 2.471 times more likely to smoke. Conclusion: These findings indicate that we should be concerned about the high rates of overweight in this rural community to prevent obesity. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24495/1/The%20prevalence%20of%20cardiovascular%20risk%20factors%20in%20the%20young%20and%20middle.pdf Chang, Ching Thon and Lee, Ping Yein and Cheah, Whye Lian (2012) The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 19 (2). pp. 27-34. ISSN 1394-195X; ESSN: 2180-4303 http://www.mjms.usm.my/default.asp?tag=14&kod_volume=55
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description Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) was the second leading cause of death in Malaysia in 2006. CHD has known risk factors including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and obesity. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among 260 participants aged 20 to 65 years in a rural community in Sarawak. Results: The prevalences of overweight and obesity in this study were 39.6% and 11.9%, respectively. Approximately 13% of participants had hypertension, and 1.5% had a random blood sugar greater than 11.1 mmol/L. Chi-square tests showed significant associations between obesity and gender (P = 0.007), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and race (P = 0.05), high total cholesterol and age (P = 0.007), age and hypertension (P = 0.011), smoking and gender (P < 0.001), and smoking and income (P = 0.050). Age-adjusted logistic regression showed that women were 0.246 times more likely to be obese, that older participants (> 45 years) were 0.395 times more likely to have high cholesterol and that those with a higher monthly household income (> RM830) were 2.471 times more likely to smoke. Conclusion: These findings indicate that we should be concerned about the high rates of overweight in this rural community to prevent obesity.
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author Chang, Ching Thon
Lee, Ping Yein
Cheah, Whye Lian
spellingShingle Chang, Ching Thon
Lee, Ping Yein
Cheah, Whye Lian
The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
author_facet Chang, Ching Thon
Lee, Ping Yein
Cheah, Whye Lian
author_sort Chang, Ching Thon
title The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the young and middle-aged rural population in sarawak, malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24495/1/The%20prevalence%20of%20cardiovascular%20risk%20factors%20in%20the%20young%20and%20middle.pdf
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