Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 6 4 1977 12 15 195 221 M. Daneshpejouh K. Montazemi F. Bahrami A. Zarabi N. Ghafghichi M. Razmara 2015 10 03 A study of the relationship between the disorder of glucose metabolism and ischemic heart disease was performed on 122 patients and 100 controls in Loghman-Dowleh Adham’s Medical Center in Tehran. The GTT abnormality was found in only 8% of the control group while for the patients with the heart ischemia the prevalence was 62.3%. Prevalence of glucose metabolic disorder among men with acute myocardial infarction was 72% and among men with acute coronary insufficiency was 50%, but there was no significant difference in the prevalence of GTT disorder among women for these two diseases. The prevalence of the GTT disorder was 73% among obese patients while the rate was 50% among patients with normal weights. The causal relationship between glucose tolerance abnormality and ischemic heart disease is discussed. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2710 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/2710/2690