Public Health

Question 1

Leading cause of death in UK

Answer 1

Heart and Circulatory Disease followed by;
Cancer
Respiratory Disorders

Question 2

Most common form of hypertension

Answer 2

Primary or essential hypertension (95%)

This is the form of hypertension that has no identifiable cause

Question 3

Most common form of hypertension in people over 60 years of age

Answer 3

In people over 60 years of age, isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) is the most common form of blood pressure elevation (systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg when diastolic blood pressure was <95 mmHg)

Question 4

Factors to be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome

Answer 4

Abdominal obesity - Men: >40 in (102 cm); women >35 in (88 cm)
Triglycerides - > 1.7 mmol/l
HDL-C - < 1 mmol/l in men; < 1.3 mmol/l in women
Blood pressure - >130/>85 mm Hg
Fasting glucose > 5.6 mmol/l