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An issue about CHD
Junk food elevates the attack rate of
diabetes and coronary heartdisease
Minesota University in America Professor Andrew O. Odegaard
Conducting a survey of Chinese Singaporean
When having fast food more than twice in a week,
the attack rate of diabetes is 27% and the death rate
of coronary disease is elevated 56%
compared with no eating fast food at all.
The prof
Estimating CHD Risk
The National Cholesterol Education Program has developed charts for estimating the actual likelihood that one will develop CHD within the next 10 years.
Table 8.4 for adult males (p269), Table 8.5 for adult females (p270)
The ATP 3rd guidelines recommend that this assessment could be used for reducing CHD risk for persons with 2 or more CHD risk factors.
The variab
disease
(men <55 years or women 65 years)
(based on Wilson, D'Agostino, Levy et al. 'Prediction of Coronary HeartDisease using Risk Factor Categories', Circulation 1998)
OutcomeCoronary HeartDisease
Duration of follow-upMaximum of 12 years, 10-year risk prediction
Population of interestIndividuals 30 to 74 years old and without overt CHD at the baseline examination