Ethnic Variation in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Children and Young Adults: Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994
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All children should receive education about the risk factors for heart disease. Researchers analyzed the frequency of these risk factors among 2,769 black, 2,854 Mexican American, and 2,063 white non-Hispanic children and young adults aged 6 to 24 years. Black and Hispanic girls were more likely to be overweight than white girls and black girls had higher blood pressure than white girls. Elevated blood sugar was also more common among blacks and Hispanics. On the other hand, whites were more likely to smoke than blacks and Hispanics. This was especially true among those in low-income families.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaskan Natives - United States, 1981-1997
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports statistics on HIV infection and AIDS among American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN). CDC has received reports of 1,783 cases of AIDS in this population from 1981 to 1997, representing just 0.3% of all cases in the US. Half of all AI/AN with AIDS live in the Western states and Alaska. Homosexual activity accounts for 49% of HIV exposures, and 14% of AI/AN with AIDS engaged in both homosexual activity and intravenous drug use. AI/AN with AIDS are younger than AIDS patients overall, with more patients aged 20-29 years.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Prevalence of Selected Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indians and Alaska Natives--United States, 1997
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About 60% of American Indians and Alaska Natives have one or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease, according to data collected from 1,820 American Indians and Alaska Natives who participated in the 1997 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Cardiovascular risk factors include hypertension, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, and obesity. Elderly people were more likely than younger people to have two or more risk factors.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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