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| Prevalence, detection, and management of cardiovascular risk factors in different ethnic groups in south London | | Author(s) | Francesco P Cappuccio, Derek G Cook, Richard Atkinson |
| Journal title | Heart, vol 78, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 555-563 |
| Keywords | Cardiovascular diseases ; Symptoms ; Therapeutics ; Hypertension ; Diabetes ; Obesity ; Tobacco smoking ; Black people ; Asian people ; White people ; Wandsworth. |
| Annotation | Subjects in this 1994 to 1996 survey based on general practices in the former Wandsworth Health Authority were 1578 men and women aged 40 to 59 (524 white, 549 of African descent, and 505 of South Asian origin). Ethnic minorities of both sexes had raised prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes compared to white people. Hypertension and diabetes were equally common among Caribbeans and West Africans and among South Asian Hindus and Muslims. Prevalence of severe obesity was high overall, but particularly among women of African descent. In contrast, raised serum cholesterol and smoking rates were higher among white people. Of hypertensives, 49% (216 of 442) had adequate blood pressure. Overall, 18% (80 of 440) of hypertensives and 33% (62 of 188) of diabetics were undetected before this survey. Hypertensives of African descent were more likely to have been detected, but less likely to be adequately managed. Preventive and treatment strategies for different ethnic groups in the UK need to consider both cultural differences and underlying susceptibility to different vascular diseases. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991223016 A |
| Classmark | CQ: CT: LL: CQQ: CPD: CSA: ETT: TKE: TKK: TKA: 82LX * |
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