Specific characteristics of XXXX in a mediterranean Spanish population.

@entity1164 @entity1 @entity944 @entity301 @entity1283 @entity397 @entity299 @entity1186 @entity583 @entity65 @entity165
Most of the data reported on @entity1164 has been from studies of Anglo-Saxon @entity1 . We conducted a study to ascertain the relation between @entity944 ( @entity944 ) and some epidemiologic, clinical, and biochemical parameters and to assess the coronary histopathologic aspects of subjects in a Spanish population who had died suddenly. A total of 204 subjects (86% @entity1 ), aged 12 to 80 years (mean 54    15), who had died from out-of-hospital natural @entity944 were evaluated. Only 15% of subjects had been previously diagnosed with @entity299 . Pathologic evidence of underlying @entity65 was found in 90% of cases, with @entity301 ( @entity301 ) the most frequent (58%). The @entity301 was acute @entity1186 in 41% and a stable plaque with luminal narrowing of >= 75% in 59%. An old @entity583 was found in 31% of the @entity944 victims. @entity1283 was found in 48%, with no relation between the presence of @entity1283 and @entity301 . @entity1 with stable plaques had a greater heart weight than did those with acute @entity1186 (p = 0.02). Male gender, older age, smoking, and low-density lipoprotein @entity165 /high-density lipoprotein @entity165 ratio of >= 3 were associated with @entity301 . A greater percentage of @entity1 with an eroded and/or @entity397 than @entity1 with a stable plaque were smokers. Only smoking and a low-density lipoprotein/high-density lipoprotein @entity165 ratio of >= 3 were associated with an eroded and/or @entity397 . In conclusion, compared with the findings from studies of Anglo-Saxon @entity1 , a lower incidence of @entity301 and acute @entity1186 and a greater incidence of @entity1283 were found in @entity944 victims of a Mediterranean Spanish population.
