| Author/Editor | Moravec-Berger, Daša | |
| Title | Utjecaj razine pojedinih čimbenika rizika na prevalenciju bolesti srca i krvožilnog sustava stanovništva Republike Slovenije | |
| Type | monografija | |
| Place | Zagreb | |
| Publisher | Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet | |
| Publication year | 1998 | |
| Volume | str. 113 | |
| Language | cro | |
| Abstract | The premature atherosclerosis is preventable by reducing the associated risk factors. In this cross sectional study the prevalence of clinically manifest atherosclerosis and the prevalence of the risk factors in 3781 adult inhabitants of Slovenia has been studied. We collected data on medical history, antropometric measurements, clinical and laboratory parameters. The outcome of atherosclerosis is composed from the five observed clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis: angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis of the central nervous system or transitory ischaemic attack, peripheral arterial occlusive disease. We used logistic regression method to estimate the association between atherosclerosis and the observed variables. The following 17 variables have been chosen to be proposed to the model: upper arm circumference, wrist circumference, sistolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, education, age, dg. arterial hypertension, dg. diabetes mellitus, smoking, place of residence, sex, salt, alcohol, physical inactivity, myocardial infarction in the family, total cholesterol. For the variables that were statistically significantly associated with atherosclerosis crude odds ratios and age-adjusted odds ratios have been calculated. The records of 3758 persons with 16 determinants (without cholesterol) were included in the statistical analysis. The important positive association with age, dg. arterial hypertension, dg. diabetes mellitus, smoking, sex and alcohol consumption and the negative association with physical inactivity has been found out. After including only the persons with determined cholesterol values (n=2899), the five variables in the model were the same but the variables dg. diabetes mellitus and sex turned out not to be statistically significant. Cholesterol has been not significantly associated with atherosclerosis. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters) | |
| Descriptors | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ATHEROSCLEROSIS CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES RISK FACTORS PREVALENCE ANGINA PECTORIS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA, TRANSIENT ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES |