Are heart disease patients more likely to have healthy lifestyle behaviors? Results from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk
Modele O Ashaye, Wayne H Giles

Abstract

Our objective was to determine whether persons with coronary heart disease (CHD) were more likely to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors (HLBs) than persons without CHD. Cross-sectional study. Data from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (n=35,677) were analyzed. HLBs included maintaining an ideal body weight (body mass index < 25.0), eating five or more fruits and vegetables daily, performing at least 30 minutes of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) at least five times per week and non-smokers (former and never smokers). Logistic regression was used to determine whether persons with CHD were more likely to engage in all four HLBs than persons without CHD after adjusting for age, sex, race and education. Only 6.3% of persons with CHD and 6.8% among persons without CHD engaged in all four HLBs. In the crude analysis, persons with CHD were 10% less likely than persons without CHD to engage in all four HLBs [odds ratio (OR)=0.9; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.7-1.3]. After adjusting for covariates, persons with CHD were equally as likely to engage in all four HLBs as persons without CHD (OR=1.0; 95% CI=0.7-1.3). Overall, only a small proportion of persons engaged in all four HLBs. After adjusting for ...Continue Reading

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Jan 4, 2006·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·Kurt J GreenlundGeorge A Mensah
Mar 12, 2005·Annual Review of Public Health·John Lynch, George Davey Smith

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