Dietary antibodies and myocardial infarction.

Serum milk, egg, and gluten antibody titres were measured in ninety men with acute myocardial infarction and compared with those of thirty-six age-matched male controls. None of the antibody titres was higher in the patients with myocardial infarction, nor was there a significant correlation between antibody titres and the Norris prognostic index or death before hospital discharge. The results do not support the suggestion that immunological mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of coronary heart-disease and atherosclerosis.