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Title: | Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of cardiovascular risk in a rural area. |
Authors: | Peach, Hedley G. Bath, Nicole E. |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Place of publication: | Melbourne |
Publication Title: | Australian journal of Rural Health |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page: | 23 |
End Page: | 27 |
Abstract: | Non-metropolitan areas have a higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than metropolitan areas. The study’s aim was to establish the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural area and identify their sociodemographic determinants. Adults, randomly selected from Ballarat’s electoral rolls, were invited to complete a questionnaire and have their height, weight, blood pressure and fasting lipids measured. Three hundred and thirty-eight eligible persons participated (67% response). The data were analysed using logistic and multiple regression analyses. Increasing age was associated with hypertension, high plasma cholesterol, overweight/obesity, high plasma triglyceride levels and increasing plasma fibrinogen. Women were less likely to be overweight/obese and have a high plasma triglyceride. Not having completed high school was associated with hypertension, high plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels and physical inactivity. Smoking was associated with employment and being in a non-professional/managerial occupation. Rural health promotion initiatives should take account of the needs of these population subgroups. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/138 |
Resource Link: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1440-1584.1999.00198.x/abstract |
ISSN: | 1038-5282 |
Internal ID Number: | 00122 |
Health Subject: | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY RURAL SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC |
Type: | Journal Article Article |
Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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