Research Article
A Pathological Study of the Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis in Mexico City
Table 1
Demographic data, death causes, and distribution of arterial territories available for pathological analysis of the 185 subjects.
| | Gender (%) | | | Male | 107 (57.8) | | Female | 78 (42.2) | | Age, years; median (IQR) | 34 (20–70) | | Causes of death (%) | | | Accident | 73 (39.5) | | Homicide | 42 (22.7) | | Asphyxia | 13 (7.0) | | Nonvascular illness | 43 (23.2) | | Pneumonia | 18 (9.7) | | Other | 25 (13.5) | | Vascular | 14 (7.6) | | Acute myocardial infarction | 7 (3.8) | | Intracerebral hemorrhage | 3 (1.6) | | Pulmonary thromboembolism | 2 (1.1) | | Acute aortic rupture | 2 (1.1) | | Arterial territories available for pathological analysis of 185 subjects (%) | | Coronary | | | Right coronary artery | 177 (95.7) | | Left coronary artery | 179 (96.7) | | Carotid | | | Right | 185 (100) | | Left | 181 (97.8) | | Intracranial (Willis polygon) | 179 (96.7) | | Renal | | | Right | 169 (91.4) | | Left | 170 (91.9) | | Aorta | 177 (95.7) |
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