The authors evaluated the relationship between relative body weight according to Broca and serum lipids in 120 men with stable angina pectoris with a positive coronary score and in 30 men with cardiovertebrogenic syndrome and a negative coronary score. The differences between the Broca index and serum lipid values between men with angina and men of the control group were statistically significant (p less than 0.001); the differences were independent on the value of Broca's index. Correlation coefficients, simple and partial, between Broca's index and different lipid indicators (cholesterol, triacylglycerols and HDL-cholesterol) were not statistically significant. The multiple correlation coefficient between Broca's index and all three lipid indicators was positive and statistically significant. It is probable that the revealed results in lipid indicators between men with angina and men with cardiovertebrogenic syndrome are conditioned by other risk indicators such a slightly elevated body weight and that a slightly elevated body weight is not a risk indicator of ischaemic heart disease of the stable angina type.

Keywords: Adult; Body Mass Index; Coronary Disease /diagnosis/; Humans; Lipids /blood/; Male; Risk Factors