Coronary Heart Disease in Tribal Aborigines—The West Kimberley Survey
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 9 (3) , 284-292
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04140.x
Abstract
Full-blood tribal Aborigines (248) from the West Kimberley region of Western Australia [WA] were surveyed for the prevalence of coronary heart disease [CHD]; findings were compared with the known prevalence in whites in the country town of Busselton, WA. The prevalence was greater among the Aborigines, with 7% of men and 11% of women having probable CHD. Of the population, 7% had ECG changes characteristic of frank ischemia. The major risk factors contributing to this high prevalence were hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity. Of the Aborigines, 37% were hypertensive and 17% had diabetes mellitus.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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