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What was the lifestyle of people who died by cardiovascular diseases?

Aim: The aim of this study was to find out the nutrition pattern and lifestyle for people who died by CVD. Data: Population included cohort from continental and island regions of Croatia characterized by different nutrition, especially considering fat and/or oil. Three groups of respondents were analyzed: whole population - WP, population of people died by CVD ; at the beginning of the study they were not taking drugs - CVD-N, and population of people died by CVD ; at the beginning of the study they were taking drugs - CVD-Y. Results: Group CVD-N was characterized by higher proportion of people taking less than three meals per day (25.1%) comparing with WP (15%) and CVD-Y (10.9%) ; they prepare their food primarily with animal fat - even more than the whole population. Group CVD-Y was characterized by higher proportion of people preparing their food with oil, especially for preparing vegetables (63.5% comparing with 24.9% in whole population, and 16.4% in CVD-N group). Most important is the fact that CVD-N group was not different from general population, but it was very different comparing with CVD-Y, because CVD-N more than CVD-Y smoke, consumes animal fat, alcohol, and coffee. Blood pressure, cholesterol and post load glucose showed a little bit lower, but not significantly different values in CVD-N and CVD-Y. However the whole population show about 20 mm Hg lower blood pressure, and about 10 mg lower post load glucose comparing with both CVD-N and CVD-Y groups. CVD-Y was older in average than others, especially comparing with general population (64.9 vs. 50.1). They were also with higher BMI, 27% comparing with 25.5% in both general population and CVD-N. Age of death was also higher in average than in other groups (75 comparing with 73 in CVD-N and 72.2 in general population).

survey; cardiovascular diseases; lifestyle; risks

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