title: [Tobacco smoking, physical inactivity and stress in 40-year-old patients with cardiovascular diseases].
abstract: In the randomised study of 1037 40-year-old inhabitants of the City and the (former) Province of Poznan, born 1959, the occurrence of such cardiovascular diseases as arterial hypertension and ischemic heart disease was established in this subpopulation. Their association with the life-style of the subjects was also assessed. A structured questionnaire was developed for this study, comprising the basic socio-demographical data, the elements of life-style, a self-assessment of one's health as well as subjective and objective medical examination, and the results of selected laboratory tests. The prevalence of arterial hypertension was established at 22.47%, while that of ischemic heart disease at 3.96%. Such negative to health behavioural patterns as tobacco smoking (36% of smokers were hypertensive, obesity--29% had BMI in excess of 30, physical inactivity in 52% of the hypertensive subgroup)--were revealed among those with cardiovascular diseases. Poor coping with emotional stress was also found among the latter group. The results indicate the necessity of more intensive health education, directed at both the healthy population and at those with cardiovascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zdrowia Publicznego, Katedry Medycyny Społecznej, Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu. zdrowiepubliczne@.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Izabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maksymiuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012923:Social Class; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires