Relationship of smoking and myocardial infarction among male above 40 years checking into Jinnah hospital

Objective: To find an association between smokingand the development of myocardial infarction inmale patients above forty years of age presenting atthe Cardiology department of Jinnah HospitalLahore

Material and method: This is a casecontrolstudy

Results: Out of a total of 120 cases66.67% [80] patients were smokers. Similarly, outof a total of 120 controls 35% [42] were found to besmokers. Odd Ratio is 3.71

Conclusion: With thisstudy it was concluded that smoking is a risk factorfor the development of myocardial infarction. Thisstudy showed that the patients with myocardialinfarction are more likely to have past history ofsmoking