title: [Coronary heart diseases among Lapps and Norwegians in Finnmark].
abstract: The Finnmark Health Survey of 1987-88 showed that there was no significant difference in the prevalence of coronary heart disease between a Sámi population and a Norwegian population. Among men 40-59 years of age, a prevalence of myocardial infarction or angina pectoris or both, of 5.5%, was found both in Norwegians and in the predominantly Sámi population of Inner Finnmark. Among women, a prevalence of 3.1% and 3.3% was found among Norwegians and Sámis, respectively. The difference in results between males and females was less among Sámis than Norwegians, despite Sámi women having a lower risk factor level than Norwegian women. A clinical follow-up study done in 1992-93 showed no significant differences in serum lipid concentrations between the Sámi and the Norwegian population. Sámis had a lower familial occurrence of coronary heart disease than Norwegians. Waist to hip ratio was higher among Sámis than Norwegians.
authors.affiliation: Karasjok hjertesenter.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Utsi
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bønaa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Koronar hjertesykdom hos samiskaettede og norskaettede i Finnmark.