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Article: Risk factors for coronary heart disease among Navajo Indians: Findings from the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Oct 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease among Navajo Indians: Findings from the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey1,2
James M. Mendlein,*3 David S. Freedman,* Douglas G. Peter,^ Beulah Allen,** Christopher A. Percy,^^ Carol Ballew,* Ali H. Mokdad* and Linda L. White^ ^
ABSTRACT Coronary heart disease was uncommon among the Navajo in the past, but appears to have increased substantially over the last few decades. The 1991-1992 Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey, which included interviews and examinations of 303 men and 485 women between the ages of 20 and 91 y, is the first populationbased examination of coronary heart disease risk factors in this tribe. Coronary heart disease risk ...