[Intermittent claudication and risk factors among men 40 to 59 years of age based on the data of a prospective population study].

A study was made of the prevalence of intermittent claudication (IC) and risk factors among men aged 40 to 59 years and of the acute myocardial infarction lethality and incidence during ten years of the follow up. Using standard techniques a representative group of 6117 men were examined. The prevalence of IC amounted to 0.89% in the group under study (standardized according to age). Analysis of the relationship between the prevalence of IC and risk factors has demonstrated the presence of the significant correlation only among men with hypercholesterolemia and tobacco smokers. In men who suffered myocardial infarction, the rate of IC was higher than in men with angina pectoris of effort, painless coronary disease or without coronary disease. Analysis of the acute myocardial infarction lethality and incidence has shown that they are significantly higher among men with IC than in those without this pathology.