title: Comparison of electrocardiogram findings and lifestyles between urbanized people and ger-living people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
abstract: In Ulaanbaatar, lifestyles differ between urbanized people (group A) and ger (tent)-living people (group B). Group A earn high annual incomes and live in houses or apartments. Group B (who had moved to Ulaanbaatar from nomadic areas) earn low incomes and live in narrow gers. In 2002, we investigated daily food intake, health status, and electrocardiogram (ECG) in these groups. In total, 256 subjects (group A, 142; group B, 114) were enrolled. Group A ate meat, vegetables, and fruits high enough by a Western style. Group B consumed meat but ate only small amounts of vegetables and fruits. They took a lot of fat, however, the serum lipid levels of them were not so high. The fat source as energy was plant oil for cooking rather than meat. Several abnormal ECG findings including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) were found in 32 (22.5%) of group A and 50 (43.9%) of group B (P < 0.001). LVH was also found more in group B than in group A. LVH in group A males was accompanied by high body weight (BW), hypertension, and high LDL-cholesterol, whereas LVH in group B males seemed to be related to an unbalanced diet, high salt intake, smoking, and some low socio-economic problems. In order to promote health condition, such risk factors should securely be eliminated from the lifestyles.
authors.affiliation: High-Technology Research Group C, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21 Chiyoda, Sakodo, Saitama 350-0288, Japan. komatsu@eiyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Terue
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Shigeji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: Chimedregzen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ulziiburen
authors.forename: Luvsanbasaryu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Narantuya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D004032:Diet; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids