ArticleBMC public health2012
Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases among ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union: results of a nested case-control study.
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- The Incidence of Intestinal Gastric Cancer among Resettlers in Germany-Do Resettlers Remain at an Elevated Risk in Comparison to the General Population?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Breast cancer incidence and mammography screening among resettlers in Germany.BMC public health · 2020Article
- What Mediates the Relationship Between Ethnic Discrimination and Stress? Coping Strategies and Perceived Social Support of Russian Immigrants in Germany.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Aussiedler Mortality (AMOR): cohort studies on ethnic German migrants from the Former Soviet Union.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Self-rated health among migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among Ethnic German Migrants From the Former Soviet Union.Frontiers in oncology · 2018Article
- Migration pattern and mortality of ethnic German migrants from the former Soviet Union: a cohort study in Germany.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Time trends of cause-specific mortality among resettlers in Germany, 1990 through 2009.European journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Comparative analysis of premature mortality among urban immigrants in Bremen, Germany: a retrospective register-based linkage study.BMJ open · 2016Article
- VKORC1 and CD-14 genetic polymorphisms associate with susceptibility to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
- Response in individuals with and without foreign background and application to the National Cohort in Germany: which factors have an effect?International journal of public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiseases of the circulatory system (CVD) are the most common causes of death in developed countries. However, the prevalence of CVD varies between countries; for example, the mortality rate in Russia is about four times higher than in Western Europe. In a recent retrospective cohort study it was unexpectedly found that CVD mortality is lower among "Aussiedler" (ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union) compared to the German population.
methodsThis is a case-control study, nested into a recent cohort study of migrants from the former Soviet Union. Relatives of cases and controls themselves were interviewed by telephone using a standardized questionnaire. To estimate relative risks via the odds ratio (OR), a conditional logistic regression procedure was performed.
resultsCommonly known risk factors for CVD were identified as relevant to Aussiedler. The best multivariate model for CVD includes five risk factors: consumption of alcohol, smoking, diabetes, cholesterol and consumption of sweets. For alcohol consumption and smoking, OR = 3.68 (95% CI, 1.58-8.58) and OR = 3.07 (95% CI, 1.42-6.62), respectively. For diabetes mellitus and high cholesterol values, OR = 3.29 (95% CI, 1.50-7.39) and OR = 2.32 (95% CI, 1.11-4.88), respectively. The almost complete abdication of sweets is associated with a protective effect, OR = 0.34 (95% CI, 0.18-0.64). The prevalence of risk factors is somewhat different to that of the autochthon German population and partly explains the differences in CVD mortality between both groups.
conclusionsThe reported lower prevalences of known risk factors of CVD such as alcohol consumption, high cholesterol, diabetes and smoking (in women) could contribute to a lower risk of CVD.
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