A Research On Some Rısk Factors In Arterıosclerotıc Cardıac Dısease

Abstract

This research has been planned and carried out at the Cardiology Clinic o f Education-Research Hospital o f Selçuk University in order to study some risk factors o f the patients for whom arteriosclerotic cardiac disease has been diagnosed. For this purpose, 73 patients have been included in the scope o f research, 45 males and 28 females between the age groups o f 40- 79. It has been determined that 58.90 % o f the subjects have their meals with salt whereas 41.10 % have without salt. In the research, 68.49 % o f the subjects has been stated that they do not drink alcohol and 36.99 % o f them informed that they do not smoke. No important relationship has been found statistically between the blood pressures o f the subjects and having the meal with or without salt, smoking, drinking alcohol, body weight and ages (p > 0.05).