Coronary heart disease risk factors : prevalence among the female malay USM staffs
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Date
2005-04
Authors
Rashid, Nikarmiza Mat
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is progressively becoming a major cause of morbidity
and mortality in women generally after menopause. In this study, our aim was to
detect the prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) among
Malay female USM staffs aged 30 or over and to inform individual presenting with
coronary heart disease.
We examined the risk factors for CHD, which includes high blood pressure, high
blood cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and higher body mass index, which
are common in women. The blood samples was analyzed and questionnaire was
given out to the Malay female staff in USM from December 2004 to March 2005.
Distribution of subjects according to staff categories is 30o/o academic and 70o/o
non-academic staff. From the data analysis, 62.5% of the subjects do the
physical activity more than 1 hour however 68o/o of there are obese, 25% with
hypertension, 43.8% suffering from hypercholesterolemia and 12.5% having high
blood glucose. In this study, we can conclude that there is no significant
difference between active and passive subjects to CHD. Therefore, we would like
to mention that in addition to the primary prevention and early detection of CHD,
the compliance of patients with their treatment should be the focus of clinicians in
order to minimize CHD morbidity and mortality.
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Cardiovascular