Assessment of the prevalence of risk factors of ischemic heart disease among faculty members of Suez Canal University

Abstract

A cross-spional descriptive study was conducted on 325 randomly sclceted faculty members of Sucz Canal University. Their age ranges from 40 to 75 years Data were collected in the form of filling questionnaire, general and local examination, collection of blood sample, and ECG Questionnaire included personal data (name, sex, age, special habits as smoking, •) ,, history of present illness (f present), past history of CHD, and family history of premature £HD Examination included wight, height, waist'hip ratio, blood pressure, pulse, and systemic exarnination (heart, chest, and abdominal examination). After fasting ot L2 hors, blood sample was collected to estimate fasting plasma glucose, scrum total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides. Sag, ECG testing, was done if an individual hati. at least, work factors or more, th resting ECG revealcd nonspecific changes especially with complaint of chest pain, according o Minessota coding, or symptoms suggcstiv. of CHD. Cardiac catheterization was done, whenever stress test was positive or definite ECG I changes of ischemic heart diseas e were found