Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in a Black Population

Overview

Journal J Natl Med Assoc

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1992 May 1

PMID 1495111

Citations 2

Authors

J Jones

K A Dais

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Abstract

A matched case control study using population-based controls was done over a 2-year period in an urban, public hospital setting. The object of the study was to determine if the established risk factors for coronary heart disease--hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, cigarette smoking, low socioeconomic status (as reflected by occupational class and educational level), marital status, and obesity were associated with coronary heart disease in a black population. The established risk factors were found to be significant in this patient population, as was obesity. Being divorced or separated was a risk factor for women but not for men.

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