Relation between ischemic heart disease and tobacco smoking
Kuch, J.; Pietkiewicz, W.; Sczaniecka, O.; Mamcarz, A.
Wiadomosci Lekarskie 42(8): 489-492
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5147 PMID: 2629310 Document Number: 334016
The incidence of ischaemic heart disease related to tobacco smoking was studied in a population of males aged 35-64 years in the Bródno District of Warsaw. The population comprised 2123 subjects (attendance rate 62%). A relationship was demonstrated between cigarette smoking in the past and the ischaemic heart disease, its incidence was twice as high in former smokers than in non-smokers. No significant difference was found in this incidence between non-smokers and present smokers. A more deep analysis shows that former smokers who quitted smoking due to intensification of clinical symptoms are frequently included into the group of non-smokers, and they are the group at highest risk for ischaemic heart disease development.