Saudi Medical Journal. 1993; 14 (2): 146-151
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-30864
ABSTRACT
A total of 136 Saudi subjects [68 patients with coronary heart disease [CHD] and an equal number of age- and sex-matched controls] were studied in detail for the incidence of CHD risk factors. The following are the percentages of patients with risk factors found significantly more frequently than in controls [together with p-value and 95% confidence interval] hypertension 42%, <0.01 [6-37%]; diabetes mellitus 41%, <0.046 [2-33%]; cigarette smoking 24%, <0.046 [2-27%]; hypertriglyceridaemia 32%, <0.001 [1-37%]; hyperuricaemia 45%, <0.001 [19-50%].The incidence of the following risk factors were not significantly different in patients and controls alcohol consumption; family history of premature CHD; lack of physical activity; raised total cholesterol [TC] and low density lipoprotein [LDL] and obesity as assessed by the mean Body Mass Index [BMI]. Perhaps the recently reported qualitative blood lipid abnormalities, e.g. apolipoprotein, need to be investigated in Saudis with CHD
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Case-Control Studies
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Risk Factors
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Heart Diseases
Type of study:
Incidence study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi Med. J.
Year:
1993
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