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- Title
DISTRIBUTION OF THE RISK FACTORS AMONG THE CORONARY HEART DISEASE PATIENTS ADMITTED IN IPOH GENERAL HOSPITAL.
- Authors
Haque, A. T. M. Emdadul; Yusoff, Fatimah Mohammed; Syawalstri Ariffin, Mohd Haidir; Ab Hamid, Muhammad Fadhli; Hashim, Siti Raihana
- Abstract
Introduction: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) refers to a group of closely related syndrome caused by imbalance between the myocardial oxygen demand and the blood supply. It is considered as the single most common cause of death in economically developed countries including Malaysia. But some of the conventional risk factors for CHD are believed to be modifiable. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study and the objective of this study was to demonstrate the distribution of blood lipids and other conventional risk factors of the CHD patients. The data were collected with a pre-designed data collection sheet from the Record Unit of Ipoh General Hospital, of all the patient's admitted during the period of October 01, 2005 to December 31, 2005. Results: There were 160 CHD patients admitted in the Hospital during the period of study. About 69% of the patients were male, and most (85.7%) of the patients were 50 & above age groups. The highest number of patients was Malay (47.5%). Among all the patients, 50% had high total cholesterol level, about 16% had high LDL level, 41.25% had low HDL with higher risk to develop CHD, and about 59% of the total patients had high TG level. The largest percentage (53.8%) of the patients had hypertension, and most of the patients were either smokers (43.1%) or ex-smokers (22.5%). 57% of the patients were diabetic and 60.6% had family history of CHD. Conclusion: All of the tested conventional risk factors for CHD were found to play important roles. Therefore, early identification and assessment of risk factors can help in primary prevention, and guide the intensity of efforts to reduce the development of CHD in Malaysian population.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; CORONARY disease; DISEASE risk factors; HEART blood-vessel abnormalities; BLOOD lipids; PATIENTS
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2007, Vol 14, p58
- ISSN
1394-195X
- Publication type
Article