Assessment of Risk factors For myocardial Infraction in Sample of Patients Attending in Coronary Care Unit Ward in AL-Zahra hospital-Karbala City

The objective of the present study is to determine the rate of myocardial infarctionamong sample patients attending in CCU medical ward in AL-Zahra hospital and to identifyfactors associated with the myocardial infarction (age, gender, residence, occupation andeducational level ), Family history (hypertension…..etc. A case control study conducted inKarbala city / AL-Zahra hospital /medical ward /CCU for cardio pulmonary care unit..Sampling was (non probability convenient ) the study was included 100 cases and 100controls.. The study was started from 15th July 2015 to the 20th October 2015. Data wascollected by questionnaire to obtain socio- demo graphic information. The result shows thatmean age of the subjects was 49.02± 8.3 years, and the 23.5% were Free profession ; about(24.5%) of patient with myocardial infarction were smokers. Analyses of results by (chisquaretest ) show that (unemployment, low educational level, Family history forhypertension, overweight, chronic diseases: there is a high significant association betweenhypertension and myocardial infarction, smoking and lipid profile ) were significant factorsassociated with myocardial in fraction . Conclusions This study showed the rate ofmyocardial infraction was 12.5 % among age group (51-60) year, factors that wereassociated with higher rate of myocardial infraction were unemployment, low educationallevel, Family history for hypertension, overweight and chronic diseases: there is a highsignificant association between hypertension and myocardial infarction, smoking and lipidprofile.