Oxidative aggression in atherosclerosis associated to degenerative psychoorganic disturbances.

We had in view the effect of the oxidative aggression as determinant factor in atherogenic process associated with degenerative psychoorganic disturbances. It was studied a group of old people distributed in two subgroups: a) 51 old people with atherosclerosis (AS) and b) 57 old people with atherosclerosis associated with degenerative psychoorganic disturbances determined by chronic ethylism. The results were compared to those of a 40 healthy adults group.