Oskar Thordarson, STURLA FRIDRIKSSON,
ABSTRACT. The occurrence of deaths due to ischaemic heart disease (IHD) among first and second degree relatives of coronary patients and among relatives of an equal number of matched controls was studied on the basis of death certificates. The propositi were 108 males and 42 females, who had developed myocardial infarction (MI), males before 65 years of age and females before 70. When compared with controls, a 1 1/2‐fold higher death rate was found among first degree relatives of the propositi and ...
Tópico(s): Healthcare Policy and Management
1979 - Wiley | Acta Medica Scandinavica