Multivariate analysis of the findings of a mass health examination for Cerebro-cardiovascular disease at a farming village in saitama prefecture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

A mass health examination for Cerebro-cardiovascular disease was conducted on inhabitants of a farming village in the northeastern part of Saitama Prefecture. Used in the present study are data concerning the following age, obesity, skinfold thickness, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol, hemoglobin, fasting blood sugar, total protein, GOT, and GPT.<BR>These variables were analyzed for use in comprehensively assessing the results of the examina tion for cerebro-cardiovascular disease in the rural community.<BR>Worthy of note is the fact that the principal component analysis of data showed a different pattern between man and woman.<BR>The relations of HDL-cholesterol values to some of the other measurements were also studied by multiple regression analysis, in which HDL-cholesterol levels were given as dependent variable, and age, obesity, skinfold thickness, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, lesterol, and triglyceride values as independent variables. As a result, it was found that HDL-cholesterol levels have significantly negative corelations to the skinfold thickness in men and triglyceride values in women. Besides, total cholesterol levels showed significantly positive correlations both in men and women.