在安哥拉的多民族人口中冠状动脉化的流行率
Humberto Morais1,2, Preciosa Lourenço1,3, Carlos Martins4
1Centro de estudos Avançados em Educação e Formação Médica, Universidade Agostinho Neto.
Global cardiology science & practice
|June 23, 2023
概括
在安哥拉,冠状动脉化患病率因种族而异. 老龄化,糖尿病,脂质失调和吸烟增加风险,而黑人种族和女性性别显示出保护作用.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 冠状动脉化 (CAC) 是动脉样硬化的重要指标.
- 了解CAC患病率的种族和种族差异对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 安哥拉的多民族人口为研究这些差异提供了一个独特的环境.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定冠状动脉化在多民族安哥拉人群中的患病率.
- 在这个人群中确定与冠状动脉化相关的社会人口统计学和生物因素.
主要方法:
- 在安哥拉的一家私人诊所进行了一项描述性,横截面的观察性研究.
- 收集的数据包括社会人口统计信息和生物数据,如高血压史,糖尿病,吸烟,饮酒,冠状动脉疾病家族史和冠状动脉分数.
- 统计分析包括曼-惠特尼,学生的t测试和千平方测试.
主要成果:
- 这项研究包括211个人 (73.9%黑人,17.4%混血,8.4%白人),平均年龄为56.7岁.
- 观察到高患病率的危险因素:高血压74.9%,糖尿病23.7%,脂质失调65.4%,肥胖20.9%.
- 冠状动脉化与衰老,高加索种族,糖尿病,失脂症和吸烟有显著的关联. 黑人种族和女性性别与较低的风险有关.
结论:
- 这些发现突出了冠状动脉化患病率的显著种族和民族差异.
- 这些结果强调了在评估和管理心血管疾病风险时考虑种族和种族的重要性.
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