Cardiovascular diseases
Individual Documents
| Title: | | "Health Messenger" Issue 40 -- Non-Communicable Diseases |
| Date of publication: | | September 2010 |
| Description/subject: | | TABLE OF CONTENTS:
NCD DEFINITION and RISK FACTORS...
STROKE...
ASTHMA vs. COPD...
DIABETES MELLITUS...
EPIGASTRIC PAIN...
CANCER...
ALCOHOL USE DISORDER |
| Language: | | Burmese, English |
| Source/publisher: | | Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.1MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 13 January 2011 |
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| Title: | | Prevalence of Hypertension in Two Selected Villages of Kayin State, Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Abstract:
"The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension among the 15-years-or-above population in Ta-Yoke-Hla (TYH) and Myaning-Ga-Lay (MGL) villages in Kayin state. During the cross-sectional survey conducted in November 2001, 753 respondents (370 in TYH and 383 in MGL) were interviewed. Weight, height, waist circumference and hip circumference were measured for calculation of body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio. Of them, 108 (54 with hypertension and 54 with normal blood pressure) were examined for serum cholesterol and high density lipoprotein (HDL) level. The overall percentages of hypertension (systolic ³140 mmHg and diastolic ³ 90 mmHg) were: 22.4% for both townships; 17.3% in TYH; 27.4% in MGL; 18.7% among males, and 24.5% among females. The respective percentages of hypertension among different age groups (15-24 years, 25-39 years, 40 or above) were: 5.5%; 12.7%, and 38.1% for both townships; 3.8%; 11.3%, and 31.3% in TYH; 7.6%; 14.0%, and 43.7% in MGL; 3.9%; 13.2%, and 30.7% among males, and 6.5%; 12.4%, and 42.4% among females. Sixteen (2.1%) persons reported previous history of stroke. Biochemical levels and other known factors associated with hypertension are also described in the study. Health education should include among others, education on taking treatment for hypertension regularly." |
| Author/creator: | | San Shwe, Ohnma, Kyu Kyu Than, Than Tun Sein, Aung Thu, Khin Maung Maung, May San Lwin and Hnin Lwin Tun |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | World Health Organisation: Regional Health Forum WHO South-East Asia Region Volume 8 Number 1, 2004 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 April 2008 |
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