title: Coronary heart disease risk factors in black and white man in zimbabwe and the effect of living standards.
abstract: Coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factor levels in a cross-section of 283 Blacks and 109 Whites are described. Ten CHD risk factors were studied: age, serum cholesterol level, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, cigarette smoking, body mass index, physical unfitness, and serum glucose, insulin and uric acid levels. The Blacks were stratified by income and education as well as by occupation using a method developed for that purpose. Seventy-one Blacks had similar occupations to those of the Whites. The results described how the CHD risk factors are affected by changes in the living standards of Blacks and the extent to which concentrations and interactions differ between Blacks and Whites in similar employment. Among Black subjects the serum cholesterol level and systolic blood pressure increase with age in the upper but not the lower occupational groups, suggesting a possible Black community threshold related to living standards.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D044465:White People; D015030:Zimbabwe
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol