An issue about CHD
Junk food elevates the attack rate of
diabetes and coronary heart disease
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.
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- Atherosclerosis는 동맥 내벽에 플라그(plaque)를 형성한 상태
Plaque : 혈액의 흐름을 방해하여 혈류는 감소하고 산소운반능력도 감소
심할 경우 혈관의 파열
: 관상동맥의 경우 heart attack
: 뇌 혈관의 경우 stroke
동맥경화가 극도에 달하여 동맥내강의 70%이상이 막혔을 때 비로소 증상이 나타난다.
Identification of individuals with medical contraindications for exclusion from exercise programs until those conditions have been abated or are under control
Recognition of persons with clinically significant disease(s) or conditions who should participate in a medically supervised exercise program
Detection of individuals at increased risk for disease because of age, symptoms, and/or ris