@article{Saka_Barzani_2015, title={Assessment of some risk factors for angiographically defined coronary artery disease in the Erbil Cardiac Center}, volume={19}, url={https://zjms.hmu.edu.krd/index.php/zjms/article/view/229}, DOI={10.15218/zjms.2015.0016}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">Background and objective: </span></strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">There are many modifiable risk factors that are closely associated with coronary artery disease. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The aim of this study was to assess the association between some coronary risk factors and the angiographically documented </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">coronary artery disease</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">Methods: </span></strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">This descriptive cross-sectional study was based on review of hospital records of 310 consecutive patients who underwent coronary angiography in Erbil Cardiac Center. A questionnaire was used to record patient’s demographic profile, coronary risk factors and the severity of stenosis in percentage.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">Results: </span></strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">Of the 310 patients, 69.4% had evidence of </span><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">coronary artery disease <span style="font-size: 12pt;">on coronary angiography. Male gender, age, diabetes, and smoking habit were strongly associated with angiographically documented coronary artery disease, while the association of hypertension and family history were not statistically significant. Only male gender was strongly associated with severity of coronary artery disease.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">Conclusion: </span></strong><span style="font-family: ’Arial’,’sans-serif’; font-size: 12pt;">The angiographic extent of coronary artery disease was found to have the strongest positive correlation with male gender and the weakest with hypertension. The most important predictive factors for coronary artery disease positivity were age, diabetes and smoking status. Hypertension and family history of premature coronary artery disease did not prove to be either a significant predictor of coronary artery disease at coronary angiography or an important determinant of coronary artery disease severity.</span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences (Zanco J Med Sci)}, author={Saka, Mariwan H. and Barzani, Mothafar A.}, year={2015}, month={Aug.}, pages={949–956} }