Muhammad Zeeshan, Junaid Zeb, Rifaq Zeb, Qaiser Mehmood, Mehtab M Khan.
Myocardial infarction and its risk factors in women.
Pak Heart J Jan ;51(3):255-9.

Objectives: To assess the frequency of various socio-demographic and other risk factors of myocardial infarction in female population. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried among the patients admitted in Combined Military Hospital, Ayub Teaching Hospital and District Headquarter Hospital, Abbottabad from 1st April to 31st August 2016. Female patients who were admitted in hospitals having myocardial infarction were included. Preplanned questionnaire including several variables like age, education status,occupation, and known risk factors of MI like hypertension, diabetes, family history was recorded. Data was collected and analyzed using SPSS 16.0. Results: Out of total 87(37.3%) female patients, 28.7%were living in urban area,75.9% of MI patients were between 50-70 years of age, 60% were married, 49.5% were taking regular exercise while 34.5% did not exercise at all. About 44.8% of females were using polyunsaturated, 25.3% saturated while 23% were using monounsaturated fats. About 48.3% of patients had emotional stress,37.9% had history of hypertension while 62.1% had history of both hypertension and DM. About 28.7% had family history of heart diseases. Conclusion: Traditional risk factors and certain socio-demographic variables like advanced age, sedentary life style, lesser education, stressful life and lack of exercise are linked to development of myocardial infarction.

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