Risk factors in the offspring of women with premature coronary heart disease
Population
87 apparently healthy offspring of women with documented premature coronary heart disease
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports targeted risk education in this group; hypothesis-generating for whether correcting misperceptions improves prevention.
Structured PICO
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Population
87 apparently healthy offspring (56 female subjects and 31 male subjects) of women with documented premature coronary heart disease (CHD)
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Comparator
Framingham cohort (for 10-year CHD risk comparison)
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Outcome
Coronary risk factors, related knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs concerning CHD risk
Adult children of women with premature CHD have a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors but often underestimate their risk for future myocardial infarction.
Cite This Study
Allen et al. (1998) studied this question.