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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2011 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 25-33
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Nasser Safaei

Hossein Alikhah

Younes Abadan

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Coronary Risk Factors in Patients Underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Nasser Safaei, Hossein Alikhah and Younes Abadan
CoronaryArtery Disease (CAD) risk increases with increasing number of risk factors. This study was aimed to assess different coronary risk factors among Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery patients. A total of 700 patients younger than 45 or older than 65 years and underwent CABG in Tabriz Shahid Madani Heart Center since 2003 to 2007 were enrolled. We examined the probable differences of CAD risk factors between male and female groups and age groups. We also assessed the change of risk factors presentation in last 5 years. There was not significant difference between risk factor numbers in <45 and >65 years groups, but smoking and dyslipidemia was more prevalent in patients <45 than >65 years old. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus was more prevalent in patients >65 old than <45 years old; also differences were found between males and females patients, so that dyslipidemia, diabetes and hypertension were more prevalent in women than men. Some risk factors were recognized as acting more on one gender than the other. Also, the majority of patients have one or more risk factors, but different age and gender groups may have different risk factors that suggest the need for exact programming for appropriate prophylactic and therapeutic interventions in all groups.
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