title: [A study on health behavior in people at risk for a cerebrovascular accident].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was done to survey health behaviors in people at risk for a Cerebrovascular Accident(CVA).
  
  
  METHODS
  From November 21 to December 29, 2005, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 171 people at risk for a Cerebrovascular Accident(LDL of above 130 mg/dl & homocysteine of above 15.0 micromol/L). Their physical composition was measured and blood was collected.
  
  
  RESULTS
  1. Of the subjects, 34.5% were smokers, 61.4% were drinkers, 56.7% did not exercise regularly, 57.3% did not control their weight, 26.9% preferred eating meat, and 32.2% preferred salty food. 2. The gender was different between smoking status (chi(2)=10.734, p= .001), and drinking status (chi(2)=7.185, p= .007), and the age was different between smoking status (chi(2)=6.656, p= .010), and drinking status (chi(2)=10.722, p= .001). The HbA(1)C level was different for regular exercise (chi(2)= 4.824, p=.028) and the HDL-cholesterol was different for meat-eating preference (chi(2)=7.928, p= .005). The observance of troubling signs was different for a salty food preference (chi(2)=4.313, p= .038).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to develop programs for taking care of people at risk for a Cerebrovascular Accident and test the effects of the programs in order to reduce the risk factors of CVA and enhance health behavior promotion.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Ajou University, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Young Soon
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Byeon
authors.forename: Kyoung Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Ji Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001835:Body Weight; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL