title: [Risk factors for ischemic heart disease in Mexico: a case control study].
abstract: A case control study was developed in order to assess the strength of the association of modifiable risk factors and the occurrence of coronary heart disease in Mexicans. A total of 284 incident cases of acute myocardial infarction and 284 age and sex matched hospitalized controls were included in the study. Information was obtained in all subjects regarding socio-demographic variables, history of diabetes, hypertension, smoking, obesity and serum cholesterol. A conditional logistic regression model, showed that diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, hypercholesterolemia and obesity, explained the occurrence of coronary heart disease in the studied population. The risk of an acute myocardial infarction heavily increases in the extreme levels of exposure; and this risk is six fold higher in those who daily smoke more than 20 cigarettes, and it is eight fold higher in those subjects with a serum cholesterol greater than 240 mg/dl. Due to the increase in the occurrence of coronary heart disease in Mexico, and the strength of the association observed with these modifiable risk factors, a public health program to decrease its prevalence, is justified.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Especialización en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Camacho-Hernández
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Corona-Muñiz
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Martínez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escobedo-de la Peña
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Factores de riesgo para cardiopatía isquémica en México: un estudio de casos clínicos y testigos.