title: Gender differences in coronary angiographic findings from 1972 through 1981 in Los Angeles, California.
abstract: The angiographic findings of 930 men and 257 women who were referred to a Los Angeles County hospital from 1972 through 1981 are compared. Chi square test results indicated triple-vessel disease was more common in men (37.1%) compared with women (18.7%). The prevalence of normal angiographic findings was higher in women (23.3%) than in men (8.1%). However, for men and women with evidence of coronary artery disease, virtually identical percentages of subjects had left main, single-, double-, and triple-vessel disease. Although the incidence of coronary artery disease decreased during this time for the Los Angeles population as a whole, no differences in patterns of coronary vessel lesions were evidenced.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, California.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Leaf
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sanmarco
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bahl
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors