title: [Retrospective study on 778 patients with acute myocardial infarct: relation between sex, age and blood lipid picture].
abstract: To evaluate the relationship between myocardial infarction and serum lipid levels, 778 patients admitted to the Fidenza Coronary Unit were studied. These patients were divided by sex and into groups by age decade and the frequency of hyperlipidemia was investigated. In the first place the association between myocardial infarction (MI) with hypercholesterolemia, second with hypertriglyceridemias was considered. In addition the population was subdivided in respect to the 3 more frequent types of hyperlipidemia (hypercholesterolemia, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia, hypertriglyceridemia). The results show the presence at a positive correlation between MI and hypercholesterolemia in the younger groups in both sexes, but mainly in female. Similar results are obtained when the correlation between MI and hypertriglyceridemia was considered, but at a lower statistical significance. The statistical analysis of the different types of hyperlipidemia confines the important pathogenetic role of hypercholesterolemia by itself and in association with hypertriglyceridemia. On the other hand hypertriglyceridemia does not show any primary influence on MI, but it acts synergistically with hypercholesterolemia. The strong association of hyperlipidemia and MI in the younger group and in female, documented in this study, confirms the importance of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia as a risk factor in the early development of coronary heart disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides
vernacular_title: Indagine retrospettiva su 778 pazienti con infarto miocardico acuto: rapporti tra sesso, età e quadro lipemico.