Cardiovascular Diseases in Cyprus and The Effect of Predisposing Factors of Tobacco and Air Pollution

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this work is to study the diseases of the human circulatory system in Cyprus and their relationship to smoking and air pollution. Methods: The statistical methods were used to derive the results of this work are Mann-Whitney U test in order to check the statistical significance of cardiovascular diseases in relation to gender, One-Way ANOVA test in order to check the statistical significance of human circulatory diseases in relation to age and the Pearson correlation coefficient for the relationship between the diseases of both predisposing factors of smoking and air pollution. Results: The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference in the number of cardiovascular diseases in relation to gender, there is a statistically significant relationship between circulatory system diseases and age, and in particular they occur mainly at ages 65 and over. An exception is the disease of varicose veins of lower extremities, which occurs most often in ages 45-64. Finally, there is a statistically significant relationship between the numbers of incidents of circulatory diseases with air pollution and there is no statistically significant relationship with smoking. Conclusions: This work has shown that diseases of the circulatory system vary with age, while air pollution is an important predisposing factor.