profile of patients with ischaemic heart disease

ABSTRACT

It is generally believed that the lschaemic Heart Disease is a disease of the affluent people. The findings of this study, however, suggest that less well to do sections of the society are equally prone to coronary heart disease rather with a higher mortality. Sixty patients [76.92%] had at least one risk factor, while only 33.33% patients had multiple risk factors. Hypertension was the most common risk factor, present in 39.74% of the patients, diabetes mellitus in 35.89% and cigarette smoking in 30.75% cases. The percentage of patients, who smoked was higher among patients below 50 years of age [43.7%] as compared to those aged over 50 years [27.41%]. The distribution of risk factors was, however, almost equal among both groups