TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular disease risk factors in Korean American elderly
AU - Kim, Miyong T.
AU - Juon, Hee Soon
AU - Hill, Martha N.
AU - Post, Wendy
AU - Kim, Kim B.
N1 - Funding Information:
1. This project was supported by the Geriatric Medicine-Nursing Research Fund from the Johns Hopkins University and OPD-GCRC Grant #5M01RR00052. We would like to thank Moonju Lee, Sora Kim, Haera Han, Jiyong Lee, Eunyoung Lee, Kyong Soo Lee, Jinsook Kim, and Heosung Shin, members of the Healthy Korean American Project, who helped with data collection for the study. We extend our thanks to Dr. Debora Ann McClellan for her editorial help.
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - An in-depth cardiovascular risk factor assessment was carried out in a sample of 205 Korean American elderly in Maryland, consisting of 75 males and 130 females aged 60 to 89 years (mean age = 69.9 ± 6.5 years). Six risk factors were assessed in each participant: high blood pressure, current smoking, high blood cholesterol, overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and diabetes. The findings of this cross-sectional study suggested that high blood pressure was the leading cardiovascular disease risk factor among Korean American elderly (71%), followed by high blood cholesterol (53%), overweight (43%), sedentary life style (24%), diabetes (18%), and smoking (7%). Two thirds of the sample had multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors. The pattern of prevalence and risk factors that was observed was consistent with the distribution of multiple risk factors in that the combination of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and overweight was most common in Korean American elderly (62%). These findings indicate that culturally relevant and salient strategies are needed to reduce multiple risk factors in this population.
AB - An in-depth cardiovascular risk factor assessment was carried out in a sample of 205 Korean American elderly in Maryland, consisting of 75 males and 130 females aged 60 to 89 years (mean age = 69.9 ± 6.5 years). Six risk factors were assessed in each participant: high blood pressure, current smoking, high blood cholesterol, overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and diabetes. The findings of this cross-sectional study suggested that high blood pressure was the leading cardiovascular disease risk factor among Korean American elderly (71%), followed by high blood cholesterol (53%), overweight (43%), sedentary life style (24%), diabetes (18%), and smoking (7%). Two thirds of the sample had multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors. The pattern of prevalence and risk factors that was observed was consistent with the distribution of multiple risk factors in that the combination of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and overweight was most common in Korean American elderly (62%). These findings indicate that culturally relevant and salient strategies are needed to reduce multiple risk factors in this population.
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U2 - 10.1177/01939450122045140
DO - 10.1177/01939450122045140
M3 - Article
C2 - 11291431
AN - SCOPUS:0035321069
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 23
SP - 269
EP - 282
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 3
ER -