Volume 4, Issue 2 (Summer 2001)
J Arak Uni Med Sci 2001, 4(2): 13-16 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Khadir V, Mansouri A. The Investigation of the Prevalence of Coronary Artery Diseases In Arak and the Role of Education in their Deletion or Modification Instraction. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2001; 4 (2) :13-16
URL: http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-6655-en.html
URL: http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-6655-en.html
1- Faculty of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
2- General Practitionar.
2- General Practitionar.
Abstract: (743 Views)
Coronary artery diseases are the most important cause of mortality in many countries and there are many risk factors where by reducing its prevalence or side effects by deletion or control. This study has done in Arak in two stages on 1050 patients who were over 20 years. They included 750 women and 300 men who were selected randomly. In first stage factors in total investigated population were as follow: Hypertension 20.7%, hyperglycemia 5.8%, obesity 30.2% and positive family history 21.9%. 385 patients were investigated with necessary educational programs after six months and they had at least one risk factor which can be modified or deleted without need to drug use. It was cleared that in men and women respectively cholesterol 13,15.2% (P<0.0001), triglyceridemia 36, 18.5% (p<0.0001), body mass index 4, 4.3% (p<0.0001), systolic blood pressure 10,5.6% (P<0.0001) and diastolic blood pressure were 11, 7.5% (p<0.0001) decreased. Blood sugar shoed significant reduction in women 40.1% (P=0.001) and cigarret smooking didn’t show significant reduction in two sexes.
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
