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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 The study did not show whether the difference in treatment made a difference in outcomes such as mortality or hospitalization, Fang said. "We were unable to note the outcome, short-term or long-term mortality," she said. "A follow-up study would be nice."
Two other reports presented at the same conference showed clear ethnic influences on incidence and awareness of cardiovascular disease in the American population.
A study of Native Americans done at the University of Oklahoma found they had a higher incidence of stroke and were more likely to have a first stroke at an early age than whites and African-Americans. The incidence of stroke among Native Americans in the study was 679 per 100,000 person-years, higher than among other Americans, and the average age when a first stroke occurred was 66.5 years, earlier than in the general population.
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And a study of health beliefs done at Columbia University found that members of racial or ethnic minorities were less likely to adopt prevailing views of cardiovascular disease prevention than other Americans. Minorities were more likely to place faith in a higher power than on personal actions to prevent disease, the researchers found. The finding "may represent a unique opportunity for education and early intervention," they said.
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The many possible causes of chest pain are described by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Last updated 3/14/2008
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SOURCES: Jing Fang, M.D., epidemiologist, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; March 13-14, 2008, presentations, American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Conference, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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