[Demographic and clinical features of coronary artery patients in the district of Antalya and comparison of them with Turkey's averages].
OBJECTIVE
Many studies have proved high plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels as determinant major risk factors for coronary artery disease. It is also well known that coronary artery disease incidence and related mortality and morbidity is low in communities applying Mediterranean diet. Turkey, having a high incidence of coronary artery disease, is unique because of the diversity of eating habits in different regions of the country. The inhabitants of Antalya region of interest in our study, are generally kept Mediterranean diet. We thought to determine the clinical and demographic features of the coronary artery disease patients living in the district of Antalya, and to find out if they correlate with Turkey's averages when compared. We also searched for the preventive effect of Mediterranean diet, if there was any.


METHODS
516 patients, who were admitted to the department of cardiology, were investigated in terms of age, sex, smoking habits, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, family history, angina class, usage of aspirin and nitrates.


RESULTS
The results revealed that clinical and demographical features of the coronary artery disease in the district of Antalya were similar with turkey's averages and that the benefits brought by the preventive effects of Mediterranean diet, might have been comprised by smoking.
Akdeniz Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dali, Antalya. cermis@med.akdeniz.edu.tr
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Değer
D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology