Prevalence of atherosclerosis risk factors in sowmesara district of Gilan in 1996

to determine the prevalence of atherosclerosis risk factors in urban and rural population in north of Iran.a multistage survey of general population above 25 years of age was carried out by random sampling in sowmesara distriet of Gilan province.which included 973 males and 1357 females.the high risk factors investigated were :smoling,hypertension,blood lipids,confirmed diabetes,age,sex,obesity,family history of heart problems,personality type,blood group and blood uric acid.the average age of the sample population was 40.8 years(SD=13.92) of which 17.4% were tobacco users.comfirmed hypertension was declared in 13.7% of sample population.among 2423 persons,30.3% had cholesterol level ranging from 200-239mg/100ml and in 16.2% it was above 240mg/100ml.HDL level of 28.1% (681 persons) was less than 35mg/100ml.LDL level 130mg/100ml was found in 71.5%(306 persons).high triglyceride (above 240mg/100ml) was found in 22.9% of population.prevalence of confirmed diabetes mellitus was 6.8%(8.2% in rurals and 5.6% in urbans).fasting blood suger above 110mg/100ml was found in 4.6% of urbans and nearly double (9.7%)in rurals.27.2% of sample population reported positive  family history of coronary artery disease.