High total and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults of Indian descent in Trinidad, unexplained by major coronary risk factors
Lancet
; 1(8493): 1298-300, June 7, 1986.
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R31.L3
ABSTRACT
A prospective survey has been undertaken of a total community of 1343 men and 1149 women, aged 35-69 years at recruitment, living in Port-of Spain, Trinidad. By comparison with adults of African descent, age-adjusted relative risks of death from all causes and from cardiovascular diseases were significantly increased in those of Indian origin (0.5 and 0.3, respectively). Adults of European descent had an all-cause and cardiovascular mortality relative risk of 0.8 and 2.1, respectively. These ethnic differences in risk were not explained by systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose concentration, serum high-density lipoprotein or low-density lipoprotein concentration, or smoking habits. Differences in risk of cardiovascular death between Indian and European men seemed to be accounted for by the high prevalence of diabetes in Indians (19 percent) but other ethnic contrasts in mortality were unrelated to diabetes mellitus. (AU)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Doenças Cardiovasculares
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Asia
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Caribe ingles
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Europa
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lancet
Ano de publicação:
1986
Tipo de documento:
Article