Abstract
This study was carried out on 160 patients with documented coronary heart disease (CHD) who attended the private medical clinics in Kirkuk city during the period from beginning of August 2009 to the end of July 2011. Their ages were below 40 years old. Full history was taken from each patient, in addition to laboratory investigations regarding risk factors.From 160 patients, 112 were males and 48 were females. The ratio of males to females was 2.5: 1. It was found that the highest rate of CHD was among earners, followed by housewives and officials. The middle economic status and patients on mixed diet had highest rate of CHD.Patients fed on extra-meal had higher CHD than those who had no extra-meal.From 160 patients only 10 patients were practicing regular exercise. The highest rate of CHD was among hypertensive patients while the lowest rate was among diabetic patients.All patients in this study had high level of cholesterol and triglyceride while the level of HDL, LDL and VLDL were within high risk level, meanwhile the value of serum uric acid and blood sugar were within normal range.
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