Atherosclerosis in persons with selected diseases

ABSTRACT

Comparison has been made of measures of coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in autopsied persons having five selected diseases (lung cancer,stomach cancer, other cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, and tuberculosis) with similar measures in control cases. There appears to be a slight but not significant tendency for lung cancer to be associated with more severe atherosclerosis within age-location-race subgroups. The tendency is strongest in the abdominal aorta. None of the other four diseases appears to be associated with increased or decreased severity of atherosclerosis in comparison with the control groups.(AU)