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Prevalence Of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among Women In Köstence, Ankara, Luna Aksoy, Serhan Küpeli̇, Ali̇ Bayram Kasim, Bariş Kuşkonmaz, Umut Kartal, Erpulat Özi̇ş, Naci̇ Yildiz, Nazmi̇ Bi̇li̇r
Prevalence Of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Among Women In Köstence, Ankara, Luna Aksoy, Serhan Küpeli̇, Ali̇ Bayram Kasim, Bariş Kuşkonmaz, Umut Kartal, Erpulat Özi̇ş, Naci̇ Yildiz, Nazmi̇ Bi̇li̇r
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Cardiovascular disease is progressively becoming a major cause of morbidity and mortality in women generally after menopause. In contrast to this general conception, the coronary morbidity and mortality in premenopausal Turkish women approaches that of Turkish men. In this study, our aim was to detect the prevalence of risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) among 200 women aged 30 or over who live in the Köstence area and to inform individuals presenting with CHD risk factors. Twenty-seven women (13,5%) were current smokers. The body mass index of 168 participants (84%) was greater than 24.9 kg/m2 and 32.5% of women …