[An epidemiological assessment of ischemic heart disease and mortality in men over 70 in the population of Saint Petersburg].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze prevalence of ischemic heart disease (IHD), main IHD risk factors and mortality in the population of males aged 70-79 and over 80 years.


METHODS
The study included 209 males aged 70-79 years and 96 males over 80. All the males were examined for IHD and 3 main risk factors: blood hypertension, hyperlipidemia and smoking.


RESULTS
Incidence of IHD was about similar in both age groups. For 3.5 years of follow-up in the group of 80-year-olds mortality was 2 times that of the group of 70-79-year-olds. The presence of IHD in the groups was directly related to the presence of 2 or 3 risk factors, especially in the group aged 70-79 years. In the group of 80-year-olds and older combination of IHD with affection of cerebral vessels was a poor prognosis sign.


CONCLUSIONS
Factors deteriorating prognosis in males over 70 were: macrofocal myocardial infarction in anamnesis, atherosclerosis of the coronary and cerebral arteries.
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D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Epidemiologicheskaia otsenka ishemicheskoĭ bolezni serdtsa i smertnosti u muzhchin starshe 70 let v populiatsii Sankt-Peterburga.