Prevalence of Ischemic Heart Disease Among Urban Population of Siliguri, West Bengal

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of ischemic heart disease and the associated risk factors among the urban population of Siliguri. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of the population aged ≥40 years old in the Municipal Corporation area of Siliguri. Study varia...

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Autores principales: Mandal, Sukanta, Saha, Joyti Bikash, Mandal, Sankar Chandra, Bhattacharya, Rudra Nath, Chakraborty, Manashi, Pal, Partha Pratim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19876450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.44518
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of ischemic heart disease and the associated risk factors among the urban population of Siliguri. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of a random sample of the population aged ≥40 years old in the Municipal Corporation area of Siliguri. Study variables were age, sex, occupation, addiction, food habit, physical activity, body mass index, blood pressure, and electrocardiogram change. RESULTS: Out of 250 individuals who took part in this study, 29 (11.6%) had ischemic heart disease (IHD) and 118 (47.2%) had hypertension. Males had a higher (13.5%) prevalence of IHD than females (9.4%). About 5% of the patients had asymptomatic IHD. IHD among the study population is significantly associated with hypertension and smoking.

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