This cross-sectional survey establishes the prevalence of clinical and electrocardiographic evidence of ischemic heart disease in an older population in Edinburgh.
Provides IHD prevalence estimates in older Edinburgh adults; leaves open generalizability to other populations or eras.
In 487 subjects aged 62 to goyears whoformed a random sample of the 27,000 older people living in a defined area of Edinburgh, the prevalence ofpositive responses to Rose's questionnaire on angina and infarction and of coded electrocardiographic abnormalities was recorded as part of a clinical survey, including blood pressure, height, weight, skinfold thickness, heart size, and presence of cardiac murmurs. The results were compared with similar data available in younger age groups.
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