Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 49, No. 21, June 2, 2000. Prevalenceof Selected Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: United States, 1997

摘要

Heart disease and stroke, the principal causes of cardiovascular disease (CVD),are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) ( 1,2). Risk factors for CVD frequently cluster, which may increase CVD risk multiplicatively ( 3). To characterize the prevalence of risk factors for CVD (i.e., hypertension, current cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes) among AI/AN, CDC analyzed data from the 1997 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that 63.7% of AI/AN men and 61.4% of AI/AN women who participated in the survey had one or more CVD risk factors.