Abstract

This study was performed to analyze coronary risk factors by using multi-factorial analysis (Hayashi-III) and to find a method to predict the occurrence of ischemic heart disease in apparently healthy persons. Subjects included 4, 949 apparently healthy industry employees and 9 patients with myocardial infarction selected for comparison with healthy persons. Items of measurements used in this study included serum lipids, resting blood pressure, resting ECG, and exercise ECG.Results were as follows:(1) From the results of a quantification method for multi-dimensional qualitative data, the major factor of the first component was blood pressure.(2) The major factor of the second component were serum lipids.(3) In scatterd diagram, persons having scores under the discriminant line are at risk for the occurrence of ischemic heart disease and prophylactic measures should be started.

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