Chronic disease risk factors in rural Australia : results from the Greater Green Triangle risk factor surveys Laatikainen, Tina, Janus, Edward, Kilkkinen, Annamari, Heistaro, Sami, Tideman, Philip, Baird, Andrew, Tirimacco, Rosy, Whiting, Malcolm, Franklin, Lucinola, Chapman, Anna, Kao-Philpot, Anna and Dunbar, James 2009, Chronic disease risk factors in rural Australia : results from the Greater Green Triangle risk factor surveys, Asia-Pacific journal of public health, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 51-62. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Chronic disease risk factors in rural Australia : results from the Greater Green Triangle risk factor surveys Author(s) Laatikainen, Tina Janus, Edward Kilkkinen, Annamari Heistaro, Sami Tideman, Philip Baird, Andrew Tirimacco, Rosy Whiting, Malcolm Franklin, Lucinola Chapman, Anna orcid.org/0000-0001-7965-4098 Kao-Philpot, Anna Dunbar, James orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-4365 Journal name Asia-Pacific journal of public health Volume number 21 Issue number 1 Start page 51 End page 62 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication Thousand Oaks, Calif. Publication date 2009-01 ISSN 1010-5395 1941-2479 Keyword(s) chronic disease Summary The aim of this article was to assess the level and prevalence of major chronic disease risk factors among rural adults. Two cross-sectional surveys were carried out in 2004 and 2005 in the southeast of South Australia and the southwest of Victoria. Altogether 891 randomly selected persons aged 25 to 74 years participated in the studies. Surveys included a self-administered questionnaire, physical measurements, and a venous blood specimen for lipid analyses. Two thirds of participants had cholesterol levels ≥5.0 mmol/L. The prevalence of high diastolic blood pressure (≥90 mm Hg) was 22% for men and 10% for women in southeast of South Australia, and less than 10% for both sexes in southwest of Victoria. Two thirds of participants were overweight or obese (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2). About 15% of men and slightly less women were daily smokers. The abnormal risk factor levels underline the need for targeted prevention activities in the Greater Green Triangle region. Continuing surveillance of levels and patterns of risk factors is fundamentally important for planning and evaluating preventive activities. Notes Originally published online 11 December 2008. Language eng Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920506 Rural Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30024907 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Policy Cluster Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 10:34:34 EST Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 15:39:21 EST Mon, 22 Mar 2010, 10:35:00 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 15:38:52 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 11:39:52 EST Tue, 10 Jan 2012, 11:41:23 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:46:55 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 11:03:48 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 13:03:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1054 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 05 Mar 2010, 10:34:31 EST by Sally Morrigan