The comparison of cardiovascular risk factors prevalence among Catholics and Seventh-day Adventists living in southern Poland

Abstract

Results. The mean concentration of homocysteine and triglycerides in Catholics was significantly higher than in Adventists. Adventists had significantly higher blood pressure and mean HDL cholesterol concentration than Catholics. On the basis of BMI, overweight and obesity were ascertained in a somewhat greater percentage of Catholics than Adventists, and on the basis of waist circumference, android obesity was found to be more common in Catholics than in Adventists. Conclusions. Based on the SCORE scale, the risk of a cardiovascular event was significantly higher in Catholics than in Adventists.

Comparison of Lifestyle of Catholics and Seventh-Day Adventists and the Relationship with Homocysteine as Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Diseases, a Cross-Sectional Study in Polish Males and Females

“…Due to the lack of research determining the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases among religious groups, the authors of the article decided to join the group of researchers dealing with the old (lifestyle, dyslipidemias, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, obesity) and new (homocysteine levels) cardiovascular risk factors among adherents of different religions. This manuscript is one of a series of papers presenting the results from studies that were conducted in a group of Catholics (CA) and Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) living in southern Poland [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. In this text we present only comparing the lifestyles of Seventh-day Adventists and Catholics and determining the relationship between lifestyle and serum homocysteine levels.…”