title: [Electrocardiographic findings and their relationship to blood pressure, obesity and serum lipids in the middle and old aged at a localized community].
abstract: Electrocardiographic findings and their relationship to blood pressure, degree of obesity, skinfold thickness, total cholesterol and triglyceride level were studied using health examination results. The subjects were 855 residents ranging in age from 40 to 79 from a localized community in Saitama prefecture who participated in a health examination. For electrocardiographic findings, left ventricural hypertrophy (LVH) and ST, T changes were adopted as predictive parameters which were closely related to incidence of coronary heart disease. The results are summarized as follow: 1) Results of the electrocardiograms showed high frequencies of LVH and ST, T changes. Frequency of both LVH and ST, T changes increased linearly with advancing age. Frequency of LVH was significantly higher in men than women. Frequency of ST, T changes was higher in women than men. 2) As to predictive parameters of coronary heart disease, frequency of LVH was positively associated with systolic blood pressure, but was negatively associated with skinfold thickness. In females, frequency of LVH was negatively related to obesity, and frequency of ST, T changes was significantly related to systolic blood pressure and obesity. While frequency of ST, T changes was associated with increase in total cholesterol level, it was not significant. However ST, T changes were shown to be significantly related to triglyceride level.
authors.affiliation: Kazo Public Health Centre, Saitama Prefecture.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol