Coronary risk factors: A comparison between sexes

71st EAS Meeting Abstracts accepted for presentation in the abstract book

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7 per cent of patients reached LDLchol levels lower than 100 mg/dl in the follow-up.

LDLchol > 100 mg/dl

Discharge (% of pts)

Follow-up (% of pls)

92

93

LDLchol > 130 mg/dl

71

73

Hypolipidemic drut~

37

49

CORONARY RISK FACTORS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN SEXES A. BatallaI , V. Barriales, G.I. Cubero, J.J.R. Reguero, 1. Larrafiaga, J.C. Sanmartin, A. Veganzones, A. Cortina. Department of Cardiology

Hospital Central de Asturias, Ooiedo; t Hospital de Cabue~es. Gijon, Spain Purpose: To determine the prevalence for sex of the well-known coronary risk factors in a Spanish sample consecutively admitted with an acute event in the coronary unit. Methods: From a cohort of 540 patients (pts), we made a group F of 250 females with a diagnosis of angina (160 pts) and acute myocardial infarction (90 pts) and a group M of 290 males (156 angina, 134 acute myocardial infarction). The variables (in percentage) studied were as follows: age, total cholesterol > 200 mg/dl (Tchol), triglycerides > 200 mg/dl (TG), diabetes, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy in EKG (LVH), tobacco and alcohol consumption Results: Group F

Group M

p

Age (years)

70+8

664-9