title: Prevalence of coronary heart disease in samples of New Zealand Maoris and Pakehas.
abstract: This paper reports the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its relationship with several standard risk factors in samples of New Zealand Maoris and Pakehas. The age standardised prevalence rates of CHD are: 16.1 percent, and 7.3 percent in Maori females and males respectively, and 11.5 percent and 6.5 percent in Pakeha females and males respectively. In Maori females only serum uric acid is associated with an increasing prevalence of CHD. The high prevalence of CHD in females as compared with the higher national mortality rates for males suggests that the case fatality rates for CHD are higher in males. The lack of association between CHD and the risk factors in Maori females suggests the possibility of two syndromes of CHD in Maori females.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol