Graduate Program

Physical Education

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Semester of Degree Completion

2006

Thesis Director

Jill Owen

Thesis Committee Member

Brian Pritschet

Thesis Committee Member

Mark Borzi

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the coronary calcium score and traditional cardiac risk factors in men and women with no known cardiac disease. A second purpose was to determine if there were gender differences in the risk factors that best predict high coronary calcium scores. It was hypothesized that there would be a positive relationship between the coronary calcium score and traditional cardiac risk factors in men and women with no known cardiac disease. It was also hypothesized that there would be gender differences in the risk factors that best predict high coronary calcium scores.

The subjects for this study were voluntary participants in the health education program, "Heart to Hearf', at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Illinois. There were 40 women and 41 men that were recruited for this project. The health providers who conducted the "Heart to Heart" program were contacted for permission to use their facility, resources, and participants to acquire information through a voluntary questionnaire. Men and women from the Coles County area who had no known cardiac disease prior to receiving their health assessments were selected to participate in this study. The health assessments included: measures of total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, fasting blood glucose, height, weight, body mass index, computed tomography (CT) calcium score, blood pressure, age, and gender.

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