Risk Groups for Cardiovascular Diseases in a Multi-Ethnic Group of Midlife Women

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Risk Groups for Cardiovascular Diseases in a Multi-Ethnic Group of Midlife Women

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, FAAN , School of Nursing, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Young Ko, PhD , Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea
Eunice Chee, Undergraduate, Research, Assistant , College of Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Wonshik Chee, PhD , School of Nursing, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Discipline: Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • To identify risk groups for cardiovascular diseases among midlife women.
  • To list characteristics of midlife women who are at risk of cardiovascular diseases.
  • To identify racial/ethnic differences in cardiovascular symptoms in each risk group.

    • Submission Description:
    The presentation is on a secondary analysis study that identified risk groups for cardiovascular diseases among 1,054 midlife women through cluster analyses. The findings of the study provide directions for future preventive and/or treatment interventions related to cardiovascular diseases for midlife women.

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