Prevalence of coronary heart disease risk factors in physical education students

Abstract To establish the prevalence of coronary risk in physical education students, and compare risk between the genders and the years of course. We evaluated 246 physical education students using RISKO questionnaire to determine eight risk factors: age, heredity, body weight, smoking, physical inactivity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and sex. Students had mean coronary risk score of 16.03 ± 3.52 points, rated "below-average risk." Men had significantly greater risk compared to women. No difference was found between the years of course. The prevalence of risk factors were heritability (58.37%), physical inactivity (32.65%), hypercholesterolemia (32.24%), overweight (27.35%), smoking (3.67%) and hypertension (2.45%). The coronary risk of physical education students was rated as below average, being higher among men than women, and no difference in risk between years of course. The most prevalent risk factors were heredity, physical inactivity, overweight and hypercholesterolemia.

摘要：为明确体育专业学生的冠心病风险流行情况，并对比不同性别及修读学年间的风险差异，本研究采用RISKO问卷对246名体育专业学生进行评估，共检测8项冠心病风险因素：年龄、遗传史、体质量、吸烟、体力活动不足（physical inactivity）、高胆固醇血症（hypercholesterolemia）、高血压（hypertension）及性别。受试者的平均冠心病风险评分为16.03±3.52分，风险等级被评定为"低于平均风险"。男性受试者的风险显著高于女性；不同修读学年的学生风险无显著差异。各风险因素的流行率分别为：遗传史58.37%、体力活动不足32.65%、高胆固醇血症32.24%、体质量超标（overweight）27.35%、吸烟3.67%以及高血压2.45%。体育专业学生的冠心病整体风险等级为低于平均水平，男性风险高于女性，且不同修读学年间风险无显著差异。流行率最高的四项风险因素依次为遗传史、体力活动不足、体质量超标及高胆固醇血症。