[Health status of the students of elementary mining and power engineering schools with special reference to arteriosclerosis and coronary disease risk factors]. / Stan zdrowia uczniów zasadniczej szkoly górniczej i energetycznej ze szczególnym uwzglednieniem wystepowania czynników zagrozenia miazdzyca naczyn i choroba wiencowa.

The investigations were aimed at an evaluation of the health status of mining-and-power engineering school pupils from the viewpoint of classification to work at a strip mine and power station. Special attention was paid to the detection of possible causes of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease 811 boys aged 14--20 were examined. Their physical development was good. No pathologies in the respiratory tract were found. Hands force was normal. Of six analysed risk factors most frequent were: hypertension and smoking habit. The percentage of pupils affected was increasing with age: arterial hypertension (from 5.5% to 15.7%) and smoking habit (from 6.1% to 43.3%).