Australian residence and heart disease risk in Vietnamese-born women.

The aim of this study was to compare the disease risk profile of Vietnamese women who have lived in Australia for 2-15 years with a newly arrived group of Vietnamese women. The design was a comparison of two cross-sectional surveys (n = 256); one newly arrived (n = 159) and one (n = 97) who had lived in Australia for 2-15 years. The main outcome measures were body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and TC/HDL ratio (atherogenic index).

Low density lipoprotein subclasses in Asian and Caucasian adolescent boys.

South Asian adults are known to have very high rates of Coronary heart disease (CHD) and insulin resistance and, even as adolescents, may show higher risk factors for CHD. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of small, dense low density lipoprotein (sdLDL) subclasses in a cohort of adolescent boys. The specific objective was to investigate the relationship between measures of fatness, ethnicity and LDL diameter in this cohort.

Blood lipids of cardiac patients after acute exercise on land and in water.

Objective: To compare the effect on lipids of a single bout of high-intensity interval training performed on land and in water in a group of cardiac patients involved in an intensive cardiac rehabilitation program.

Design: Single-group, quasiexperimental, crossover design.

Setting: Swimming pool at a cardiac rehabilitation hospital in Australia.

Hypertriglyceridemic waist as a screening tool for CVD risk in indigenous Australian women.

Research has demonstrated that the simultaneous determination of waist circumference and fasting plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations can identify men characterized by a metabolic triad of unconventional risk variables: increased levels of fasting insulin, apolipoprotein (apo) B, and a predominance of small, dense, low density lipoprotein (LDL) particles. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of using "hypertriglyceridemic waist" to identify individuals at high risk of CVD in a sample of indigenous Australian women, for whom 2 of the 3 non-traditional risk factors were measured (apo B and insulin). Subjects (N=80) were divided into subgroups on the basis of waist girth and TG levels.

Relationship between measures of fatness, lipids and ethnicity in a cohort of adolescent boys.

Background/aim: The investigators were invited into a boys' high school to assess the lipid risk profile of a single year cohort and advise on how the findings could be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle program. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between measures of fatness, ethnicity and cardiac risk factors in a cohort of adolescent boys.

Methods: Anthropometric measurements of weight, height, waist and hips were used to calculate body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR); percent total body fat (%TBF) was estimated by bioelectric impedance analysis.