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Relative Genealogic Incidence of Certain “Civilization Diseases” in a Geriatric Population versus Pregeriatric Groups
Author(s) -
ZDICHYNEC B.,
STRANSKY P.,
HARTMANN M.,
HOLAS V.,
KONRAD J.,
HOGEN J.,
SVATOS Z.,
SABL J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1978.tb05035.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , population , stroke (engine) , epidemiology , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , sociology , optics , engineering
In a prevalence epidemiologic study conducted in a characteristic submontane area in North Bohemia, the genealogic incidence of myocardial infarction, sudden brain vascular episodes, and malignant tumors was studied in a representative sample of persons aged 70 to 105 years. The incidence was then compared with that in two other samples: 1) men under age 40 with a history of transmural myocardial infarction, and 2) both men and women aged 40–60 who had had a stroke. The statistical evaluation was performed according to accepted international criteria (WHO). A significantly lower genealogic incidence of myocardial infarction and sudden brain vascular episodes was found in the geriatric subjects (70–105 years old) who had symptoms of so‐called physiologic aging, as compared with the incidence in the younger subjects who had symptoms of so‐called pathologic aging. The difference was less clear‐cut with respect to the genealogic incidence of malignant tumors.