Table 1.

Cardiovascular diseases

Physical health Variable	Authors	Result
Triglyceride levels	Tan et al21	High triglyceride level 23% (n=49%), males 89% (n=8), females 40% (n=15)
HDL cholesterol	Tan et al21	Low HDL level, 62% (n=29), males 78%, females 58% (n=22)
Impaired fasting glucose	Tan et al21	Total: 19% (n=9), males: 22% (n=2), females 18% (n=7)
Angina	All Ireland Traveller Health Study8	4.3% Travellers, Ireland (background population 2%) 2.1% Travellers, Northern Ireland
Diabetes mellitus	All Ireland Traveller Health Study8	6.1% Travellers, Ireland (background population 3%) 6.1% Travellers, Northern Ireland
	Slattery et al22	5.9% Traveller sample (background population 4.3%)
	Tan et al21	8.5% Traveller sample (background population 4.3%)
Prediabetes	Slattery et al53	9.3% (background population 6.2%)
	Tan et al21	11.6% Traveller sample (background population 6.3%)
Heart attack	All Ireland Traveller Health Study8	2.3% Travellers, Ireland (background population<1%) 2.1% Travellers, Northern Ireland
Systolic blood pressure≥130 mm Hg	Tan et al21	Total 43% (n=20), males: 22% (n=2), females 47% (n=18)
Diastolic blood presssure≥85 mm Hg	Tan et al21	Total 38% (n=18), males: 44% (n=4), females 37% (n=14)
Metabolic syndrome	Slattery et al22	39.3% Traveller sample (background population 21%)
	Tan et al21	53.2% Traveller sample (background population 21.0%)
Self-reported CVD	McGorrian et al30 54	-Self-reported CVD was 5.6% (5.8% in men and 5.5% in women), compared with 16.1% in the general Irish population. The prevalence of CVD increased with age and the Travellers who reported CVD were older (mean age 54.06±14.48 vs 34.99±13.85). No significant difference in the prevalence of reported CVD, hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension between the comparator groups was found. However, diabetes, smoking, consumption of salt and fried food and physical inactivity are more frequent in Travellers. Significant positive association was found between CVD and age, high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and current/former versus never smoking, drinking alcohol and increasing discrimination.
	Kelleher et al19	Significant negative association was found between CVD and self-rated health, consumption of fried food and trust of others. Self-reported blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes screening by GP (48%, n=1996)

CVD, cardiovascular disease; GP, general practitioner; HDL, high-density lipoproteins.