在香港的南亚成年人中进行心血管风险分析:潜伏类分析
Gary Ka-Ki Chung1,2, Woohyung Lee1, Danna Camille Vargas1
1JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
International journal for equity in health
|January 17, 2025
概括
香港的南亚人表现出多样化的心血管风险概况,女性普遍患有肥胖症,男性患有生活方式/压力风险. 特定的种族群体和较低的教育水平表明临床风险更高,突出了针对性的公共卫生需求.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心血管流行病学心血管流行病学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 南亚人面临的高心血管疾病负担在城市环境中,与可修改的风险因素相关.
- 香港日益增长的南亚人口对公众健康构成了重大挑战.
- 了解不同的心血管风险概况对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 识别和区分心血管风险概况的集群.
- 分析与这些风险概况相关的社会人口统计特征.
- 为香港的南亚社区制定公共卫生战略.
主要方法:
- 通过健康评估招募了1181名南亚成年人 (2022年6月至2023年12月).
- 评估生活方式,心理压力,肥胖,临床状况和社会人口统计数据.
- 采用隐性类分析和多项逻辑回归.
主要成果:
- 确定了五个风险类别:低风险 (19.6%),生活方式/压力 (8.9%),肥胖 (33.4%),生活方式/压力/肥胖 (26.6%) 和高临床风险 (11.4%).
- 年龄较大的成年人临床风险较高;女性群体肥胖,男性生活方式/压力风险较高.
- 巴基斯坦和尼泊尔群体的风险较高;低教育与高临床风险相关.
结论:
- 在香港的南亚人口中存在着不同的心血管风险模式和社会人口统计学关联.
- 妇女的肥胖,男性的生活方式/心理风险,以及体力活动的低水平预示着未来的心血管疾病负担.
- 巴基斯坦,尼泊尔和社会经济弱势群体需要专注于心血管健康倡议.
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