title: Coronary artery disease risk factors in Yaqui Indians and Mexican Americans.
abstract: The prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors in adults was studied in Yaqui Indians and Mexican Americans. The risk factors studied included hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, and sedentary life-style. Subjects included 94 Mexican Americans, 44 Yaqui Indians, and 12 of mixed or other ancestry. Mexican Americans had higher rates of smoking (21.3% versus 11.4%) and hypercholesterolemia (9.4% versus 4.8%) than did Yaqui Indians although neither comparison was statistically significant. Yaqui Indians had twice the risk of diabetes (40.5% versus 19.8%, P less than .05). When looking at both races combined, men smoked at six times the rate of women (36.4% versus 6.3%, P less than .05). Of all those tested, only 6% had no risk factors, and 88% were classified as having a sedentary life-style. Achieving increased levels of exercise in the population studied would appear to hold the most promise for reducing coronary artery disease risks.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson 85724.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Campos-Outcalt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001130:Arizona; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology