ResearcherID - CLICK HERE Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF-2020) - CLICK HERE

ANALYSIS OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN WOMEN AMONG LOCAL POPULATION OF PAKISTAN

Rubina Yasmin, Khawer Saeeda, Shumaila Batool

Introduction: Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity of both men and women accounting for over one third of total deaths. Objectives of the study: The basic aim of the study is to analyses the risk factor of coronary heart disease in woman in Pakistani population by using past data and literature. Material and methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore during June 2019 to January 2020. Findings: As far as we know, this is the first report of a large population-based study of gender differences in the prevalence and determinants of CAD in adults from an urban setting in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent using doctors’ reports and electrocardiographic criteria. Conclusion: In conclusion, this is the first large-scale population-based study from the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, home to one-sixth of the world’s population, on gender differences in CAD and its determinants. Our findings indicate that one in four subjects aged ⩾40 years may have underlying CAD in urban Pakistan.