s tudy of cytomegal ovirus antib ody in atherosclerotic patients in tabriz

to evaluate the correlation of cytomegalovirus (cmv) and coronary artery disease (cad), one-hundred patients with cad and the same number of healthy individuals as a control group were randomly selected and studied for anti-cmv using elisa method. ninety percent of patients and 77 percent of the control group were anti-cmv positive and statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between these groups (p<0.05). certain risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking, type a personality and familial history were also studied. the distribution of these factors in the patient group were higher than those of the control group and a significant correlation was observed between these groups, but no dependency was observed between anti cmv and the above parameters in the patient group. results of this study showed a meaningful correlation between the anti-cmv level and coronary artery disease.