TY - JOUR
T1 - Premature ventricular beats and coronary heart disease risk factors
AU - Kohn, Robert M.
AU - Ibrahim, Michel A.
AU - Feldman, Joseph G.
PY - 1971/12
Y1 - 1971/12
N2 - Kohn, R. M., M. A. Ibrahim and J. G. Feldman (School of Medicine, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, 14214). Premature ventricular beats and coronary heart disease risk factors. Amer J Epidem 94: 556-563, 1971.-Blood pressure, cholesterol, uric acid, skinfold thickness, ponderal index and a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram were determined for each of 500 white, male fathers of 11th grade pupils. The same determinations, with the exception of electrocardiograms were made on the pupils. Individuals with electrocardiographic evidence of ventricular premature beats had higher levels for each of the six variables tested than either normal individuals or those with premature atrial beats. The combined scores of the six variables for all premature ventricular beat fathers and premature ventricular beat fathers under 50 years of age were significantly higher than for their normal counterparts. The children of fathers with premature ventricular beats had significantly higher values for the six variables combined than did children of normal fathers. It is suggested that premature ventricular beats are associated with certain coronary heart disease risk factors and hence may presage a predisposition to coronary artery disease. The higher level of risk factors among children of fathers with premature ventricular beats suggests that the predisposition to coronary disease may begin at early age.
AB - Kohn, R. M., M. A. Ibrahim and J. G. Feldman (School of Medicine, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, 14214). Premature ventricular beats and coronary heart disease risk factors. Amer J Epidem 94: 556-563, 1971.-Blood pressure, cholesterol, uric acid, skinfold thickness, ponderal index and a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram were determined for each of 500 white, male fathers of 11th grade pupils. The same determinations, with the exception of electrocardiograms were made on the pupils. Individuals with electrocardiographic evidence of ventricular premature beats had higher levels for each of the six variables tested than either normal individuals or those with premature atrial beats. The combined scores of the six variables for all premature ventricular beat fathers and premature ventricular beat fathers under 50 years of age were significantly higher than for their normal counterparts. The children of fathers with premature ventricular beats had significantly higher values for the six variables combined than did children of normal fathers. It is suggested that premature ventricular beats are associated with certain coronary heart disease risk factors and hence may presage a predisposition to coronary artery disease. The higher level of risk factors among children of fathers with premature ventricular beats suggests that the predisposition to coronary disease may begin at early age.
KW - Coronary disease
KW - Electrocardiography
KW - Heart
KW - Premature atrial beats
KW - Premature ventricular beats
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121354
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121354
M3 - Article
C2 - 5133786
AN - SCOPUS:0015186598
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 94
SP - 556
EP - 563
JO - American Journal of Epidemiology
JF - American Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 6
ER -