Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between socioeconomic variables and coronary hearth disease (CHD) and risk factors among a Turkish urban population aged 20 years and older. Hypertension, waist circumferences, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, glucose intolerance, and smoking were used as the major CHD risk factors. CHD was defined as the previous doctor diagnosis and derivation ECG findings. The study completed with 607 people, of those 389 were women. Among women, illiterates showed significantly higher CHD, hypertension, central obesity, and glucose intolerance were higher than the higher educated groups. Additionally hypertension, central obesity and high cholesterol were higher among the women with agricultural origin. Hypertension was higher in the less educated men. Of those economical status’ was less favorable compared with the current status glucose intolerance prevalence was higher. As the conlusion socioeconomic and CHD and CHD risk factors were inversy associated like industrial countries.

Key words: Socioeconomic, coronary hearth disease, risk

Article Language: Turkish English