Risk factors for myocardial infarction associated with the Chicago snowstorm of jan 13- 15, 1979
R. I. Glass, A. M. Wiesenthal, M. M. Zack and M. Preston
Sixty male survivors of acute myocardial infarction in the week after the
Chicago blizzard of Jan 15, 1979, were matched by hospital and sex with 60
myocardial infarction survivors from a week without snowfall to determine
whether a history of previous heart disease or of cardiac risk factors
increased the risk of a postblizzard myocardial infarction. Cases did not
differ significantly from control subjects with respect to age, percentage
working full time, or percentage with a history of heart disease,
hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or gout.
Hypercholesterolemia was four times as common among cases as among
controls.
