The ethnic characteristics and prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

A retrospective study was done on 302 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia--46.0% were Chinese, 40.1% were Malays and 11.6% were Indians. Overall and irrespective of race and sex, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertensio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Medical journal of Malaysia 2002-12, Vol.57 (4), p.460-466
Hauptverfasser: Chiam, P, Abdullah, F, Chow, H K, Adeeb, S M S J, Yousafzai, M S
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Zusammenfassung:A retrospective study was done on 302 patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia--46.0% were Chinese, 40.1% were Malays and 11.6% were Indians. Overall and irrespective of race and sex, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia was 45.7%, 78.8% and 89.1% respectively indicating that hyperlipidaemia was the most prevalent risk factor amongst this cohort. The Indians had the highest prevalence of the three risk factors. The Chinese and the Malays most frequently presented with the combination of hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.
ISSN:0300-5283