Comparison of electrocardiogram findings and lifestyles between urbanized people and ger-living people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

In Ulaanbaatar, lifestyles differ between urbanized people (group A) and ger (tent)-living people (group B). Group A earn high annual incomes and live in houses or apartments. Group B (who had moved to Ulaanbaatar from nomadic areas) earn low incomes and live in narrow gers. In 2002, we investigated...

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Published in:Atherosclerosis 2004-07, Vol.175 (1), p.101-108
Main Authors: Komatsu, Fumio, Hasegawa, Kyoko, Watanabe, Sanae, Kawabata, Terue, Yanagisawa, Yoshiko, Kaneko, Yoshinori, Miyagi, Shigeji, Sakuma, Mitsuru, Kagawa, Yasuo, Ulziiburen, Chimedregzen, Narantuya, Luvsanbasaryu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anthropometry
Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research)
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular system
Diet
ECG
Electrocardiography
Female
Ger-living people
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - epidemiology
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Life Style
Lifestyle
Lipids - blood
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mongolia
Mongolia - epidemiology
Neurology
Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques
Residence Characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
Urbanized people
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Summary:In Ulaanbaatar, lifestyles differ between urbanized people (group A) and ger (tent)-living people (group B). Group A earn high annual incomes and live in houses or apartments. Group B (who had moved to Ulaanbaatar from nomadic areas) earn low incomes and live in narrow gers. In 2002, we investigated daily food intake, health status, and electrocardiogram (ECG) in these groups. In total, 256 subjects (group A, 142; group B, 114) were enrolled. Group A ate meat, vegetables, and fruits high enough by a Western style. Group B consumed meat but ate only small amounts of vegetables and fruits. They took a lot of fat, however, the serum lipid levels of them were not so high. The fat source as energy was plant oil for cooking rather than meat. Several abnormal ECG findings including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) were found in 32 (22.5%) of group A and 50 (43.9%) of group B ( P
ISSN:0021-9150
1879-1484
DOI:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.03.005