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Large Percentage of Young Black Adults Have Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in South Florida
Author(s) -
Davis Errol E,
Huffman Fatma G
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.678.9
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , coronary heart disease , demography , cigarette smoking , physical activity , obesity , young adult , physical therapy , sociology
Objective: To investigate risk factors for CHD in young Black adults and, to determine and compare these risk factors in 91 Black males and 98 Black females ages 18–40 years in a cross‐sectional analysis. Socio‐demographic, dietary, physical activity, anthropometric, cigarette smoking and biochemical data were collected and analyzed. Results: A large percentage (40.4%) of young Black adults had more than three risk factors for CHD. In general, they had poor diet score (20.5%), watched television often/very often (49.8%), smoked cigarettes (3.8%), were obese (16.0%), had elevated DBP/SBP (27.3% & 17.7%), FBG (6.4%), TC (31.1%), LDL (29.2%), low HDL (21.7%) and elevated hs‐CRP (15.6%). More males (45.1%) than females (35.7%) had more than 3 risk factors for CHD. Males compared to females had significantly (p<0.05) poorer diet score values (%) (32.6 vs. 8.3), were obese (19.8 vs. 12.2), had higher DBP (35.2 vs. 19.4), SBP (22.0 vs. 13.3) and low HDL (35.2 vs. 8.2). Males also, watched more television (%) (52.7 vs. 46.9), smoked more cigarettes (4.4 vs. 3.1), and had higher FBG (6.6 vs. 6.1) and LDL (30.8 vs. 27.6), whereas, women had higher TC (%) (34.7 vs. 27.5) and hs‐CRP (16.3 vs. 14.8) levels. We demonstrated that risk factors for CHD are found in a large percentage of young Black individuals in South Florida. Interventions to prevent disease must be culturally sensitive for these young adults.