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Sex differences in risk factors for coronary heart disease: a study in a Brazilian population |
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| Authors: | Vera S Castanho Letícia S Oliveira Hildete P Pinheiro Helena CF Oliveira Eliana C de Faria |
| Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Clinical Pathology, School of Medicine; Center for Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Campinas, S?o Paulo, Brazil 2. Department of Statistics, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Campinas, S?o Paulo, Brazil 3. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, S?o Paulo, Brazil |
| Abstract: | BackgroundIn Brazil coronary heart disease (CHD) constitutes the most important cause of death in both sexes in all the regions of the country and interestingly, the difference between the sexes in the CHD mortality rates is one of the smallest in the world because of high rates among women. Since a question has been raised about whether or how the incidence of several CHD risk factors differs between the sexes in Brazil the prevalence of various risk factors for CHD such as high blood cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, sedentary lifestyle and cigarette smoking was compared between the sexes in a Brazilian population; also the relationships between blood cholesterol and the other risk factors were evaluated. |
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