Changes in conventional cardiovascular risk factors and the estimated 10-year risk of acute myocardial infarction or cerebral stroke in Sami and non-Sami populations in two population-based cross-sectional surveys: the SAMINOR Study.
Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter SiriBent Martin EliassenBjarne K JacobsenMarita MelhusAnn Ragnhild BroderstadVilde Lehne MichalsenTonje BraatenPublished in: BMJ open (2019)
Independent of ethnicity, there was a decline in mean cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking, hypertension (women only) and 10-year risk of AMI or CS, but waist circumference increased. Relatively minor ethnic differences were found in changes of cardiovascular risk factors.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- acute myocardial infarction
- blood pressure
- cross sectional
- body mass index
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- body weight
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- heart rate
- cerebral ischemia
- pregnancy outcomes
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- pregnant women
- breast cancer risk
- brain injury
- cervical cancer screening