Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective
Udgivelsesdato: 2007-null AIMS: The effects of migration on cardiovascular risk factors are often gender specific. The purpose of the present study was to analyse the association of migration from Greenland to Denmark with cardiovascular risk factors in a gender-specific perspective. METHODS: Cross-...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/a9fe6b40-64a8-11de-9c46-000ea68e967b 2024-05-19T07:41:01+00:00 Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective Bjerregaard, Peter Jørgensen, Marit Eika Borch-Johnsen, Knut 2007-01-01 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/a9fe6b40-64a8-11de-9c46-000ea68e967b https://doi.org/10.1080/14034940701195214 eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/a9fe6b40-64a8-11de-9c46-000ea68e967b info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Bjerregaard , P , Jørgensen , M E & Borch-Johnsen , K 2007 , ' Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective ' , Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , vol. 35 , no. 4 , pp. 380-6 . https://doi.org/10.1080/14034940701195214 Adult Alcohol Drinking Cardiovascular Diseases Cholesterol HDL Cross-Sectional Studies Denmark Emigration and Immigration Female Food Habits Greenland Humans Interviews as Topic Inuits Male Middle Aged Questionnaires Risk Factors Sex Factors Smoking Transients and Migrants article 2007 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1080/14034940701195214 2024-05-01T00:14:11Z Udgivelsesdato: 2007-null AIMS: The effects of migration on cardiovascular risk factors are often gender specific. The purpose of the present study was to analyse the association of migration from Greenland to Denmark with cardiovascular risk factors in a gender-specific perspective. METHODS: Cross-sectional population surveys among adult Inuit in Greenland and Inuit migrants in Denmark (n = 1542). General Linear Models adjusted for age, smoking, diet (seal, fish, and fruit), and alcohol consumption. RESULTS: Blood pressure was significantly higher among Inuit migrants of either sex than among the Inuit in Greenland. Among women, HDL-cholesterol concentrations were 1.59 mmol/l in Greenland and 1.83 among migrants (p<0.001), while obesity and HbA(1c) were significantly lower among the migrants. Blood lipids, HbA(1c), and obesity did not differ between men in Greenland and migrants. Smoking, diet, and alcohol consumption differed significantly among migrants and non-migrants. Adjusted for the consumption of seal meat and alcohol, the difference in HDL cholesterol for men (1.44 and 1.66 mmol/l; p = 0.002) was of a similar magnitude to that of women. CONCLUSIONS: Migration was associated with cardiovascular risk factors in different ways among men and women. Some of the gender difference could be explained by dietary differences among male and female migrants and non-migrants, or in the case of HDL cholesterol by a different association with the consumption of seal meat for men and women, but a large unexplained residual remained. Overall cardiovascular risk was higher among migrant than non-migrant males, while for women some risk factors were better and some worse among the migrants. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland inuit inuits University of Southern Denmark Research Portal Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35 4 380 386 |
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Adult Alcohol Drinking Cardiovascular Diseases Cholesterol HDL Cross-Sectional Studies Denmark Emigration and Immigration Female Food Habits Greenland Humans Interviews as Topic Inuits Male Middle Aged Questionnaires Risk Factors Sex Factors Smoking Transients and Migrants Bjerregaard, Peter Jørgensen, Marit Eika Borch-Johnsen, Knut Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective |
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Udgivelsesdato: 2007-null AIMS: The effects of migration on cardiovascular risk factors are often gender specific. The purpose of the present study was to analyse the association of migration from Greenland to Denmark with cardiovascular risk factors in a gender-specific perspective. METHODS: Cross-sectional population surveys among adult Inuit in Greenland and Inuit migrants in Denmark (n = 1542). General Linear Models adjusted for age, smoking, diet (seal, fish, and fruit), and alcohol consumption. RESULTS: Blood pressure was significantly higher among Inuit migrants of either sex than among the Inuit in Greenland. Among women, HDL-cholesterol concentrations were 1.59 mmol/l in Greenland and 1.83 among migrants (p<0.001), while obesity and HbA(1c) were significantly lower among the migrants. Blood lipids, HbA(1c), and obesity did not differ between men in Greenland and migrants. Smoking, diet, and alcohol consumption differed significantly among migrants and non-migrants. Adjusted for the consumption of seal meat and alcohol, the difference in HDL cholesterol for men (1.44 and 1.66 mmol/l; p = 0.002) was of a similar magnitude to that of women. CONCLUSIONS: Migration was associated with cardiovascular risk factors in different ways among men and women. Some of the gender difference could be explained by dietary differences among male and female migrants and non-migrants, or in the case of HDL cholesterol by a different association with the consumption of seal meat for men and women, but a large unexplained residual remained. Overall cardiovascular risk was higher among migrant than non-migrant males, while for women some risk factors were better and some worse among the migrants. |
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Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective |
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Cardiovascular risk amongst migrant and non-migrant Greenland Inuit in a gender perspective |
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