Morbidity pattern of IHD in spouses of IHD patients attending cardiology OPD, S.N. Hospital, Agra Kumar Mukesh1, Kumar Manoj2 1Additional CMO, Ferozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Sr Consultant Distric Hospital, Firozabad, UP, India Online published on 6 September, 2019. Abstract Ischaemic Heart Disease (IRD) is a major public health problem in industrial and urbanised countries where it has become a number one enemy of man. Material and Methods: The present study was carried out at S.N. Medical college & Hospital, Agra. Duration of study was September 1988 to Oct 1989. Two hundred eighty six (42.4%) males and 88 female! (13.0%) were diagnosed as cases of Ischaemic heart Disease, among them 37 (10.9%) were those couples where both partners were diagnosed as cases of Ischaemic Heart Disease. Average age of husband and wife was 5U.9 years and 44.2 years respectively. Cut of 286 males who came with Ischaemic Heart Disease or diagnosed as Ischaetdc Heart Disease have got average age of 51.74 ± 6.56 years while out of 88 women who had Ischaemic Heart Disease Wehere average age was 42.0 ± 7.25 years and average duration of Ischaemic Heart Disease among these cases was 1.45 years. It was concluded that triad of sedentariness, obesity and mental stress was common factor among 37 (10.8%) couples where definite Ischaenic Heart Disease was present. Top Keywords Ischaetdc Heart Disease, Hypertension, Obesity, Physical Activity. Top |