TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular risk factors in a tri-ethnic population
T2 - Houston, Texas 1972-1975
AU - Christensen, Bobbe L.
AU - Stallones, Reuel A.
AU - Insull, William
AU - Gotto, Antonio M.
AU - Taunton, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The survey in Houston, Texas was part of an international collaborative research effort to prevent and/or control carhiovascular disease, sponsored by the Lipid Research Clinics (LRC) Program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Pooled data for the 10 North American LRC population-based studies have been published for all subjects [l] and for persons less than 20 yr of age [2]. However, ethnic comparisons for Mexican-American, Black, and Non-Hispanic White adolescents and parents living in the same locale have not been reported elsewhere.
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PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - Distributions of plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, weight and height are described by age, sex and ethnicity for 2304 tenth grade students and 1443 of their parents in Houston, Texas. The pattern of sex and ethnic differences observed among Mexican American, Black, and Non-Hispanic White adolescents is dissimilar from that observed among their parents. Some of the differences may have biological importance. The sex differential in weight, for example, is much larger for Non-Hispanic White parents than for the other two ethnic groups. Among the ethnic groups, the mean value for weight is similar for male parents; yet is different for each of the three groups of female parents. The height of the Mexican-Americans is markedly less than that of the other two ethnic groups, for both males and females and for students and for parents. Quantification of increased or decreased risk of disease suggested by these observed ethnic differences requires longitudinal data for these three ethnic groups.
AB - Distributions of plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, weight and height are described by age, sex and ethnicity for 2304 tenth grade students and 1443 of their parents in Houston, Texas. The pattern of sex and ethnic differences observed among Mexican American, Black, and Non-Hispanic White adolescents is dissimilar from that observed among their parents. Some of the differences may have biological importance. The sex differential in weight, for example, is much larger for Non-Hispanic White parents than for the other two ethnic groups. Among the ethnic groups, the mean value for weight is similar for male parents; yet is different for each of the three groups of female parents. The height of the Mexican-Americans is markedly less than that of the other two ethnic groups, for both males and females and for students and for parents. Quantification of increased or decreased risk of disease suggested by these observed ethnic differences requires longitudinal data for these three ethnic groups.
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U2 - 10.1016/0021-9681(81)90020-5
DO - 10.1016/0021-9681(81)90020-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 7228979
AN - SCOPUS:0019507840
VL - 34
SP - 105
EP - 118
JO - Journal of Chronic Diseases
JF - Journal of Chronic Diseases
SN - 0021-9681
IS - 4
ER -