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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Small Urban Community in Central Croatia
Davor Horvat
Sažetak
The aim of this study was to determine in Karlovac (southern part of central Croatia)
the most important risk factors for coronary heart diseases in men and women according
to age 59 and 60 on the basis of their prevalence in 558 non-coronary patients and
442 symptomatic coronary patients. In younger male coronary patients (59 years of
age) in relation to the control study, the statistically significant more frequent risk factors
were hypercholesterolemia (p<0.001), smoking (p<0.01) and diabetes (p<0.01). In
older male patients (60 years of age) there was no statistically significant difference in
a single risk factor. In younger female coronary patients, the statistically significant
more frequent risk factors were hypercholesterolemia (p<0.001) and diabetes (p<0.001)
and in older female patients diabetes (p<0.05). This population sample showed higher
prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in younger coronary patients. The most frequent
risk factors were diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and smoking. The difference is
slighter in older coronary patients where it is diabetes, which is the most important for
women.
Ključne riječi
coronary disease; risk factors; age distribution; sex distribution; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
28172
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2003.
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