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Supplement to CMAJ 2000;162(9 Suppl) Cardiovascular disease risk factors CMAJ • 2 MAY 2000; 162 (... more Supplement to CMAJ 2000;162(9 Suppl) Cardiovascular disease risk factors CMAJ • 2 MAY 2000; 162 (9 Suppl) S3 © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada 2000 as represented by the Minister of Health Cardiovascular disease and socioeconomic status Bruce P. Squires B etween 1982 and 1992, the Canadian provincial heart health surveys were conducted as part of the Canadian Heart Health Initiative, a collaborative program of the provincial departments of health and Health Canada (then the Department of National Health and Welfare) to provide a database for planning and evaluating demonstration programs to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this CMAJ supplement, Potvin and co-authors (page S5) and Choinière and colleagues (page S13) report the results of analyses conducted to determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors (education, income level and occupation) and the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and the public's ability to identify those risk factors (fat in food, smoking, lack of exercise, excess weight, elevated blood cholesterol and high blood pressure).
Supplement to CMAJ 2000;162(9 Suppl) Cardiovascular disease risk factors CMAJ • 2 MAY 2000; 162 (... more Supplement to CMAJ 2000;162(9 Suppl) Cardiovascular disease risk factors CMAJ • 2 MAY 2000; 162 (9 Suppl) S3 © Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada 2000 as represented by the Minister of Health Cardiovascular disease and socioeconomic status Bruce P. Squires B etween 1982 and 1992, the Canadian provincial heart health surveys were conducted as part of the Canadian Heart Health Initiative, a collaborative program of the provincial departments of health and Health Canada (then the Department of National Health and Welfare) to provide a database for planning and evaluating demonstration programs to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this CMAJ supplement, Potvin and co-authors (page S5) and Choinière and colleagues (page S13) report the results of analyses conducted to determine the relationship between socioeconomic factors (education, income level and occupation) and the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and the public's ability to identify those risk factors (fat in food, smoking, lack of exercise, excess weight, elevated blood cholesterol and high blood pressure).