[Risk factors in persons with early manifestations of ischemic heart disease and in their offspring. II. Additional risk factors].

In a group of 70 probands treated on account of ischaemic heart disease manifested before the age of 55 years and in the grade I and II offspring the presence of other risk factors of the disease was assessed--smoking, arterial hypertension, obesity and diabetes mellitus. This part II is a continuation of the previous paper where the ratio of hyperlipoproteinaemias in the group was assessed. The probands comprised 62.9% smokers, 25.7% hypertonic subjects, 68.6% obese subjects and 20% diabetics. Risk factors were found only in grade I offspring--29.4% smokers, 2.4% hypertonic subjects and 16.7% obese subjects. The author emphasizes the fact that almost 40% of the offspring under 35 years of age with a family-history of early ischaemic heart disease have at least one risk factor of the disease.