Prevalence and Demographic characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome in Iraqi Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Authors

  • Zina S. Abdulrahman Aldaggistany Al Jihad Health Center for Family Medicine \ Baghdad Health Directorate - Al-Karkh \MOH
  • Ihab S. Ahmed Specialist physician, Baghdad teaching hospital, Medical City\MOH
  • Zuhair Al-Johar University of Baghdad https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7533-0184

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32007/jfacmedbagdad.6511951

Abstract

Background: The demographic characteristics of Iraqi patients with the metabolic syndrome (MS) and presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has been scarcely studied before.

Aim of the study To study the socio-demographic characteristics of a group of Iraqi patients with MS presenting with ACS.

Patients and Methods: A convenience sample of 150 cases presenting with ACS and admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in Baghdad from mid-January through July 2011 were included in the current cross-sectional study. The data needed for the study was collected through a direct interview to fill a questionnaire by all cases carried out by a consultant physician.

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Published

27.04.2023

How to Cite

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S. Abdulrahman Aldaggistany Z, S. Ahmed I, Al-Johar Z. Prevalence and Demographic characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome in Iraqi Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. J Fac Med Baghdad [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 27 [cited 2024 Nov. 8];65(1):7-13. Available from: https://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1951

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