Ischaemic heart disease in men

Pre-existing ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic heart disease mortality in women compared with men.

BACKGROUND In all 8353 women and 7058 men aged 45-64 took part in the Renfrew/Paisley survey in 1972-1976. They formed a prospective cohort study of a general population in the West of Scotland; an area with high ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates. The objective of this study was to investigate three indicators of pre-existing IHD and determine how they predicted subsequent IHD morta...

Risk factors for ischaemic heart disease in British men.

Prevalence of ischaemic heart disease in middle aged British men.

The prevalence of ischaemic heart disease was determined by an administered questionnaire and electrocardiography in 7735 men aged 40-59 years drawn at random from general practices in 24 British towns. Overall, one quarter of these men had some evidence of ischaemic heart disease on questionnaire or electrocardiogram or both. On questionnaire, 14% of men had possible myocardial infarction or a...

ABO blood groups and ischaemic heart disease in men.

In 1954 Gertler and White found a significant deficit of group 0 patients in a series of 81 young male survivors of myocardial infarction. Between 1961 and 1966, a further 9 series of survivors ofmyocardial infarction were reported, and in 7 of these there was again a deficit of O's, the deficit being slight in 3 of the series but significant in 4 (Table I). Furthermore, Jaegermann (1962) found...

Elevated LH predicts ischaemic heart disease events in older men: the Health in Men Study.

CONTEXT Hypogonadism in men is associated with insulin resistance, elevations in pro-inflammatory cytokines and fibrinogen, and an atherogenic lipid profile. However, it is uncertain whether the age-related decline in testosterone is associated with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) events. OBJECTIVE To determine whether testosterone and its associated hormones, sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG...