Table 1.
Main diagnoses of cardiovascular diseases in both sexes hospitalized in the East Azerbaijan Province in 2006–2007*
| Gender | P value | Total n=18324 | ||
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| Female (n=7960) | Male (n=10364) | |||
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| Ischemic heart diseases | 4867 (61.1) | 7681 (74.1) | < 0.001 | 12548 (68.4) |
| Valvular heart diseases | 509 (6.4) | 322 (3.1) | < 0.001 | 831 (4.5) |
| Congenital heart diseases | 279 (3.5) | 294 (2.8) | 0.011 | 573 (3.1) |
| Heart failure | 311 (3.9) | 355 (3.4) | 0.092 | 666 (3.6) |
| Hypertension | 272 (3.4) | 165 (1.6) | < 0.001 | 437 (2.4) |
| Pulmonary vascular diseases | 113 (1.4) | 121 (1.2) | 0.150 | 234 (1.3) |
| Pericardial, myocardial and endocardial diseases | 101 (1.3) | 190 (1.8) | 0.003 | 291 (1.6) |
| Electrophysiological disorders | 647 (8.2) | 543 (5.3) | < 0.001 | 1190 (6.5) |
| Vascular disorders | 60 (0.8) | 49 (0.5) | 0.019 | 109 (0.6) |
| Other | 737 (9.3) | 586 (5.7) | < 0.001 | 1323 (7.2) |
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Data are presented as n (%)