A cohort study comparing cardiovascular risk factors in rural Maori, urban Maori and non-Maori communities in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: To understand health disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the indigenous Māori of New Zealand, diagnosed and undiagnosed CVD risk factors were compared in rural Māori in an area remote from health services with urban Māori and non-Māori in a city well served with health services. Prospective cohort study. Hauora Manawa is a cohort study of diagnosed and previously undiagnosed CVD, diabetes and risk factors, based on random selection from electoral rolls of the rural Wairoa District and Christchurch City, New Zealand. Screening clinics were attended by 252 rural Māori, 243 urban Māori and 256 urban non-Māori, aged 20-64 years. The study documented personal and family medical history, blood pressure, anthropometrics, fasting lipids, insulin, glucose, HbA1c and urate to identify ris

SUBMITTER: Cameron VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3378934 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature