PREVALENCE AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN A RURAL AREA

Non‐metropolitan areas have a higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than metropolitan areas. The study’s aim was to establish the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural area and identify their sociodemographic determinants. Adults, randomly selected from Ballarat’s elect...

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Published in:The Australian journal of rural health 1999-02, Vol.7 (1), p.23-27
Main Authors: Peach, Hedley G., Bath, Nicole E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Australia
Ballarat (Vic)
cardiovascular
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality
Cholesterol
Demography
Diseases
Female
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia - complications
Hypercholesterolemia - epidemiology
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertriglyceridemia - complications
Hypertriglyceridemia - epidemiology
Logistic Models
Male
Mortality
Nursing
Obesity
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Regression Analysis
Risk
Risk Factors
rural
Rural areas
Rural conditions
Rural Health - statistics & numerical data
Smoking
Sociodemographic aspects
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Triglyceride
Victoria - epidemiology
Victoria: Social conditions
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Summary:Non‐metropolitan areas have a higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than metropolitan areas. The study’s aim was to establish the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural area and identify their sociodemographic determinants. Adults, randomly selected from Ballarat’s electoral rolls, were invited to complete a questionnaire and have their height, weight, blood pressure and fasting lipids measured. Three hundred and thirty‐eight eligible persons participated (67% response). The data were analysed using logistic and multiple regression analyses. Increasing age was associated with hypertension, high plasma cholesterol, overweight/obesity, high plasma triglyceride levels and increasing plasma fibrinogen. Women were less likely to be overweight/obese and have a high plasma triglyceride. Not having completed high school was associated with hypertension, high plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels and physical inactivity. Smoking was associated with employment and being in a non‐professional/managerial occupation. Rural health promotion initiatives should take account of the needs of these population subgroups.
ISSN:1038-5282
1440-1584
DOI:10.1046/j.1440-1584.1999.00198.x