title: [Risk factors and satisfactory living circumstances in 103 patients with acute coronary disease under 50 years of age].
abstract: For 30 months, from 1988, some risk factors and the satisfaction of basic needs, such as food, habitation, clothes, transport, health, security, family relation, possibility of affirmation, possibility of creation and cultural needs, were studied in 103 under 55-year-old patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris. The control group matched the coronary group in age, sex, marital status, education, and working place. A cardiovascular clinical examination and ECG recording were performed in all subjects. In the coronary group also CPK and glucose in serum were recorded several times. Each person estimated the fulfillment of his basic needs from 1 to 5. The family history of coronary heart disease was positive in 43 (41.7%) coronary patients and in 12 (11.6%) control subjects (P less than 0.05). The prevalence of arterial hypertension in the coronary group was 46.6% and of diabetes mellitus 12.6%. In the coronary group 74.7% patients smoked and in the control group 47.5% (P less than 0.01). The mean body index in the coronary group was 27.5 +/- 0.36 and in the control group 27.9 +/- 0.36 (P less than 0.05). The basic needs (food, habitation, clothes, transport, and cultural needs) were given a significantly higher mark in the coronary than in the control group (P less than 0.05). The study has shown significant differences in the presence of classical risk factors between the group of 103 acute coronary patients and the control group. The socio-economic was higher in the coronary than in the control group.
authors.affiliation: Interne klinike Opće bolnice u Osijeku.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Catipović-Veselica
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andrić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Catipović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Neki faktori rizika i zadovoljenost zivotnih potreba kod 103 bolesnika s akutnom koronarnom bolesti mladih od 55 godina.