title: Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in central India: a case-control study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Atherosclerosis is a multi-factorial disease involving the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Studies highlighting the public health importance of risk factors like chronic infections causing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the Indian context are scarce. This study was undertaken to study the association of socio-demographic and life-style factors with acute myocardial infarction in central India.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cases and controls were group-matched for age, gender, and socio-economic status. A blinded research associate administered the study questionnaire. We performed an unconditional multiple logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The case-control study included 265 cases of AMI and 265 controls. The results of final model of logistic regression analysis for risk factors of AMI included 11 risk factors at α = 0.05. They were waist hip ratio, body mass index, stress at home in last 1 year, hypertension, family history of CHD, past history of gingival sepsis, tobacco smoking, raised total serum cholesterol, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori and raised C-reactive protein.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings confirm the role of conventional risk factors for cardiac disease and highlight need for research into the association between chronic infections with AMI.
authors: Director-Public Health Education, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.
authors: Sanjay P
authors: SP
authors: Zodpey
authors: Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Sunanda N
authors: SN
authors: Shrikhande
authors: Public Health Foundation of India, Indian Institute of Public Health, New Delhi, India.
authors: Himanshu N
authors: HN
authors: Negandhi
authors: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Suresh N
authors: SN
authors: Ughade
authors: Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
authors: Prashant P
authors: PP
authors: Joshi
keywords: Atherosclerosis; acute myocardial infarction; risk factors
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