[The incidence and diagnostics of congenital heart defects in Kaunas infant population during 1999-2005].

Unlabelled: The objective of this study was to determinate the incidence and diagnostics of congenital heart defects in Kaunas infant population in 1999-2005 and to compare the data obtained with the data of years 1995-1998.

Subject And Methods: The study population comprised all newborns born in Kaunas city during 1999-2005. Congenital heart defects were registered based on clinical diagnosis after its verification using the data from consulting centers and pediatric outpatient departments.

Exposure to urban nitrogen dioxide pollution and the risk of myocardial infarction.

Objectives: This study attempted to determine whether long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), an indicator of motor vehicle exhaust, increases the risk of myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods: A population-based case-control study was conducted among men aged 25-64 years and residing in Kaunas, Lithuania. The study included all cases of first-time myocardial infarction in 1997-2000.

Socioeconomic differences in myocardial infarction risk among 35-64 year old women in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Aim: To investigate the risk of a first myocardial infarction among different occupational categories in 35-64 year old women in Kaunas, Lithuania, a country in a transition market economy.

Methods: We carried out a case-control study among women aged 35-64 who were residents in Kaunas between 1997-2000. We identified first nonfatal myocardial infarction cases (n = 191) from the hospital register (International Classification of Diseases, 10-th revision, code 121).

[Social status, psychological stress and myocardial infarction risk among 35-64-year-old women].

We examined the association between social status, assessed by education and occupational categories and risk of myocardial infarction. We conducted a case-control study among 35-64 year-old women of Kaunas. Cases were 191 women with first myocardial infarction treated in hospitals in 1997-2000, and controls were 482 women in the same age group, randomly selected, without ischemic heart disease.