Prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors among male fire-fighters in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAchmat, Ghaleelullah
dc.contributor.authorNovember, Rucia V
dc.contributor.authorLeach, Lloyd L
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-01T15:25:55Z
dc.date.available2021-09-01T15:25:55Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractCardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and on-duty mortality among fire-fighters. This study investigated the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors among firefighters in Cape Town, South Africa.A quantitative, cross-sectional and correlational study design was used. A convenient sample of 219 male fire-fighters with mean age 37.85±9.80 years was recruited. Eight major CAD risk factors were assessed using standard techniques. SPSS (ver. 23) was used with the Pearson correlation and Kruskall-Wallis H test with the MannWhitney test post hoc and a Bonferroni correction. The significance level set at p<0.05.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAchmat, G. et al. (2021). Prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors among male fire-fighters in Cape Town, South Africa. Journal of Health Science and Development,4(1). https://doi.org/10.1101/652503en_US
dc.identifier.issn581-7310
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1101/652503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6589
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherbioRxiven_US
dc.subjectCoronary artery diseaseen_US
dc.subjectFire-fightersen_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectMaleen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors among male fire-fighters in Cape Town, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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