title: [Respiratory function and cardiovascular risk factors. Research Group for the Integrated Community Control of Chronic-degenerative diseases in the Health District of Sezze -- Di.S.Co. -- Observational strategy to assess the community health status].
abstract: Within the Project Community Control of Chronic Diseases in the Health District of Sezze-Di.S.Co.-2940 men, aged 20-69 were examined between 1984 and 1987, and a pulmonary function test was performed together with the measurement of a number of cardiovascular risk factors. Blood tests, blood pressure, anthropometric measurements, ECG, spirometry and a questionnaire on life-style and diseases were available. The aim of this paper was to describe pulmonary function tests and to study their association with cardiovascular risk factors. Vital capacity (CV) and forced expiratory volume in one second (VEMS), adjusted by height were inversely related with age. Main cardiovascular risk factors were analysed in tertiles of CV and VEMS: fasting blood glucose, serum cholesterol, uric acid, haematocrit, diastolic blood pressure, number of cigarettes per day decreased going from the first to the third tertile, whilst HLD-cholesterol and alcohol consumption increased. Univariate and multivariate analysis showed an inverse relation of CV and VEMS with age, fasting blood glucose, number of cigarettes smoked per day, uric acid, heart rate, skinfold thickness whilst alcohol consumption and weight were inversely related. The models explained between 52% (VC) to 57% (VEMS) of the variance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostastica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giampaoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sotis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Urbinati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014797:Vital Capacity
vernacular_title: Funzionalità respiratoria e fattori di rischio cardiovascolare. Gruppo di Ricerca Controllo Communitario Integrato nelle Malattie Cronico-degenerative nel Distretto Sanitario di Sezze--Di.S.Co.--Strategie osservazionali per la valutazione della salute nella comunità.