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Volume 8, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Clin Exp Cardiolog
ISSN: 2155-9880 JCEC, an open access journal
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May 22- 24, 2017 Osaka, Japan
World Heart Congress
Heart Congress 2017
May 22- 24, 2017
Examining risk factors associated with worldwide sudden cardiac death rates in children and adults
Introduction: Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) occurs most frequently in adults in their mid-30s to mid-40s, and affects men
twice as often as it does women. This condition is rare in children, affecting only 1 to 2 per 100,000 children each year. It was
reported that more than 7 million lives are lost to SCD worldwide each year, which may include over 300,000 in the United
States.
Objective: The purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between identifiable risk factor whichmay be associated
with children and adults diagnosed with heart disease.
Methods: A large randomly drawn sample (n=524, 581) of boys (n=244, 553) and girls (n=280, 028) ages 5 to 12 was examined
in this research study. A Chi-square test for association was conducted to examine the association between disease prevalence,
minority status, socioeconomic status and heart disease risk in children.
Results: The results of this study showed that there were statistically significant relationships between heart disease risk and
socioeconomic status (p<.001), heart disease risk and minority status (p<.001), disease prevalence and socioeconomic status
(p<.001) and disease prevalence and minority status (p<.001).
Conclusion: Findings from this study provided a rationale for the need of health and medical personnel, cultural competence
training and awareness and also the need for special outreach initiatives to ensure and maintain the health of children in
America and around the world.
Biography
Damien Byas, PhD, is an Epidemiologist and Professor of Public Health atAmerican Public HealthAssociation. He is an International Public Health Delegate and President
of North American Scientific Committee on Cardiovascular Health.
Damien Byas
North American Scientific Committee on Cardiovascular Health, USA
Damien Byas, J Clin Exp Cardiolog 2017, 8:5 (Suppl)