[A 5-year study of arterial occlusive disease]

The difference of the frequency of occurrence of risk factors has been tested by the method of the comparison of bound pairs of the group of 46 patients with arterial occlusive disease (AOD) - group A, and of the group of 54 subjects without AOD - group B. The patients with AOD included more diabetics, smokers, physically inactive persons and those suffering from hyperlipemia (P less than 0.05). The difference of number of adipose and hypertonic persons belonging to those two groups has not been statistically significant. The results of the measures to change risk profile of the group A have been observed. On the completion of the period of five years (1982-1987), increased weight has been normalized with 26.5% of the persons with AOD, normal blood pressure has been attained with 43.5% of patients, normolipemia with 8.7% and blood sugar has been checked once or twice a year for all patients. After that period of five years only 13% of the patients with AOD, have been smoking. During the mentioned period, only one patient with AOD has his leg amputated. Between 1982 and 1987, 21 persons died in the group A, respectively 45.7% of the subjects, while in the same period, 14 persons died in the group B, respectively 25.9% of them. The difference of the mortality between groups A and B has been statistically significant (P less than 0.05).