The major risk factors for coronary artery disease in the Coloureds of the Cape Peninsula : The CRISIC Study

A cross-sectional study of risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in a random sample of 976 coloured people revealed a population greatly at risk of CHD. The major reversible risk factors were very common: 57% of men and 41% of women smoked, 17,2% of men and 18,4% of women were hypertensive (>160/95 mm Hg or receiving medication), and 17,4% of men and 16,2% of women had a total serum cholesterol value above 6,5 mmol/litre. The high cut-off points used to identify the above prevalence rate do not reflect the total population at risk. At lower but real levels of risk 94,6% of men and 89,8% of women carried some degree of CHD risk factors was found.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Public Health and Family Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Steyn, Krisela

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27221

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/27221