Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), New Delhi, India; Sangath, Goa, India.
Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Gandhinagar, India.
Indian Heart J. 2022 Jul-Aug;74(4):307-313. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2022.05.004. Epub 2022 May 18.
Family history is considered as an important predictor of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes. Available research findings suggest that family history of chronic diseases is associated with perceived risk of disease and adoption of healthy behaviours. We examined the association between family history of cardio-metabolic diseases (CMDs) and healthy behaviours among adults without self-reported CMDs.
Cross-sectional data of 12,484 adults, without self-reported CMDs, from the baseline survey of Centre for cArdiometabolic Risk Reduction in South-Asia (CARRS) cohort study were analysed.
Family history was positively associated with non-smoking and high fruits & vegetables consumption in the age group of 45-64 years and moderate to high physical activity in the age group ≥65 years after adjusting for sex, education, wealth index, city and body mass index.
Understanding perceived risks and cultural or psychological factors related to family history through ethnographic studies may deepen understanding of these associations.
家族病史被认为是心血管疾病（CVDs）和糖尿病的重要预测因素。现有研究结果表明，慢性疾病家族史与疾病感知风险和健康行为的采用有关。我们研究了无自报心血管代谢疾病（CMDs）的成年人中，CMDs 家族史与健康行为之间的关联。
对南亚心血管代谢风险降低中心（CARRS）队列研究基线调查中，12484 名无自报 CMDs 的成年人的横断面数据进行了分析。
调整性别、教育、财富指数、城市和体重指数后，在 45-64 岁年龄组中，家族史与不吸烟和高水果和蔬菜摄入量呈正相关，在年龄组≥65 岁与中高强度体力活动呈正相关。
通过民族志研究了解与家族史相关的感知风险和文化或心理因素，可能会加深对这些关联的理解。
